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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Volume II Book II ONLY. 27 cm. NASA special publication no. 374. Includes Illustrations. Index. DJ wear, soiling, tears, and chips. Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 - January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was founder and Director of the Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics and simultaneously Associate Director of Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, where he conducted much of his research until retiring in 1980. Lieutenant General Oleg Georgievich Gazenko (December 12, 1918 - November 17, 2007) was a scientist, general in the Soviet Air Force and the former director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow. He was a leading scientist behind the Soviet animals in space programs, he selected and trained Laika, the dog who flew on the Sputnik 2 mission. Added t.p. in Russian: Osnovy kosmicheskoi biologii i meditsiny. Includes References and index. Volume II, Book Two, x, [2], 409-756 pages. Figures. Tables. Among the topics addressed include: Effect of Radiant Energy from Space on the Organism, Psychophysiological Problems of Space Flight, and Combined Effect of Spaceflight Factors on Man and Animals; Methods of Investigation. Some specific articles presented include: Ionizing Radiations, Stress of Space Flight, Astronaut Activity, Flight Factors, Space Biology, Space Medicine, Biomedical Data, and Space Research. Joseph P. Loftus was one of the authors. The IAASS Joseph Loftus Space Sustainability Award is assigned to an individual, or to a team, which has made outstanding contributions in the field of space sustainability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xviii, 442. First Printing. Near Fine Book In Lightly Worn Very Good Dj. Ownership Signature Of Ray L Newburn, Jpl Scientist And Co-Author Of One Of The Chapters. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Three volumes in 4 bindings. Volume II is in two parts. 27 cm. NASA special publication no. 374. Includes Illustrations. Index. Highlighting/underlining. DJ has some wear and soiling, with small tears and chips. Some pencil underlining noted. Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 - January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was founder and Director of the Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics and simultaneously Associate Director of Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, where he conducted much of his research until his retirement in 1980. Added t.p. in Russian: Osnovy kosmicheskoi biologii i meditsiny. Includes bibliographies and index. Vol. I: Space as a Habitat. (xviii, 442 p); Vol. II: Ecological and Physiological Bases of Space Biology and Medicine (2 books, x, 405, [1] and x, 406-756); and Vol. III: Space Medicine and Biotechnology (x, 542 p). Lieutenant General Oleg Georgievich Gazenko (December 12, 1918 - November 17, 2007) was a Russian scientist, general officer in the Soviet Air Force and the former director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow. One of the leading scientists behind the Soviet animals in space programs, he selected and trained Laika, the dog who flew on the Sputnik 2 mission.