Ecological and Biological Systems under Extreme Conditions. (Theory, Experiments, Suppositions). 1989. illustr. 240 p. 8vo. Hardcover.

The book brings together information on the behaviour of biological and ecological systems under conditions of high and low temperature, in electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of different frequencies, in ionizin gradiation fields and in conditions of alternating osmotic pressure. For the first time formulated is a general concept of response reaction of biosystem's responses to the action of physical and chemical factors, which alter the structure of bound water in cells and tissues, induce recharging of the water layers adjacent to the cell envelopes, membranes, inclusions and other large biomolecules.

The book deals with the problem of excessive energy of ionizing radiation recharging the layers of structurally bound water, and subsequently leading into stratification of preexisting lamellar structures, for instance, of the envelope of Nitellopsis obtusa cell, its chloroplasts. It is shown for the first time that in the tracks of relativistic particles the cold plasma is formed and hydrodynamic phenomena take place widening the areas of lesion of living tissues sensitive to hydraulic impacts, and changing the approaches to prognostication of graveness in cases of the radiation disease.

The book discusses the problems of life-support in cosmic flights and mastering the planets of the Solar system, for instance, Mars and Venus, utilizing some microalgae and bacteria with high adaptive properties.