PHYSICS & MEDICINE OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...A Study of the Aeropause

by White, C.S. & Benson Jr., O.O.; eds

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Albuquerque:: Univ. of New Mexico,, 1952. Hardcover; foil-stamped front cover & spine; condition good.. appendix + plates + index. With charts, formulas; color frontispiece (titled `Plate I') + b&w Plates II thru XLVI. Proceedings of Symposium, November 1951. ||| 42 presentations presaging manned rocket flight from Earth: possible toxicology of aeropause travel; The Chemosphere; biological & genetic effects of cosmic, laboratory, power plant, upper atmosphere, & extra-terrestrial radiation; space vehicles & recovery; etc. ||| Includes: Fred L. Whipple on Meteorites (in 1950 he theorized comets were `dirty snowballs' of ice & debris); James A. Van Allen (discovered `Van Allen Belt' of radiation, 1958); Wernher von Braun on Return of Winged Rocket Vehicle to Earth (Von Braun, Director of Nazi rocket `buzz bombs' was soon employed by U.S. Government as OUR rocket expert!