Engineering and Medicine in Extreme Environments

By Tobias Cibis, Carolyn McGregor AM This book brings together in-depth information on a wide array of bio-engineering topics and their application to enhance human health, performance, comfort, and survival in extreme environments. Contributions from biomedical engineering, information systems, medicine and physiology, and medical engineering are presented in relation to a broad range of harsh and extreme environmental scenarios, including underwater, terrestrial (both natural and man-made), and space travel. Physicians, engineers, and scientists, as well as researchers and graduate students, will find the book to be an invaluable resource. Details effects of extreme environments on human physiology; Presents human-environment interaction in different scenarios; Overview of engineering challenges and problems in extreme environments. Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; 1st ed. 2022 edition (June 10, 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 365 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030969207 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030969202 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783030969202 eText ISBN: 9783030969219