Gravity, Weight and Their Absence

by Vladimir Pletser

Part I: Can inertia make us move? Introduction.- Inertia and inertial reference frames.- Gravitation and weightiness.- Part II: Is weightlessness without gravity? Introduction to Part II Free fall and weightlessness.- Free fall trajectories.- Free fall in the Universe.- Part III: Should one dwell on microgravity? Introduction to Part III Microgravity.- Means to generate microgravity.- Interest of microgravity.- Part IV: Physiological effects of weightlessness Introduction to Part IV General considerations on Life science research.- Physiological effects of weightlessnes.- Bone demineralization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811086958
• ISBN13: 9789811086953
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"