Mars can wait: Facing the challenges of our civilization

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 744-747

  Goodman, Geoffrey ^a   Bercovich, Dani ^b   Eric Gershwin, M ^c  

^a Galil Genetic Analysis   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicine and civilization; Neuron electromagnetic induction; Space exploration costs; Spintronics; Two Brain Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CIVILIZATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; CIVILIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LIFE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84919788673     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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