Title Gravity, Weight and Their Absence Author(s) Pletser, Vladimir Publication Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2018. Description XIII, 88 p. 40 illus., 27 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note The book introduces readers to the concept of weightlessness and microgravity, and presents several examples of microgravity research in fluid physics, the material sciences and human physiology. Further, it explains a range of basic physical concepts (inertia, reference frames, mass and weight, accelerations, gravitation and weightiness, free fall, trajectories, and platforms for microgravity research) in simple terms. The last section addresses the physiological effects of weightlessness. The book???s simple didactic approach makes it easy to read: equations are kept to a minimum, while examples and applications are presented in the appendices. Simple sketches and photos from actual space missions illustrate the main content. This book allows readers to understand the space environment that astronauts experience on board space stations, and to more closely follow on-going and future space missions in Earth orbit and to Mars ISBN,Price 9789811086960 Keyword(s) 1. Aerospace engineering 2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics 3. ASTRONAUTICS 4. CLASSICAL MECHANICS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. Human physiology 8. Interfaces (Physical sciences) 9. MECHANICS 10. SPACE SCIENCES 11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) 12. Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films 13. Surfaces (Physics) 14. THIN FILMS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09928     On Shelf