Gravity, Weight and Their Absence

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pletser, Vladimir (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Θέματα: Mechanics.; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Human physiology.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Classical Mechanics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Human Physiology.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

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, acc...