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Title: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: Jenny Diski on 18/04/2004 14:07:48: Can someone tell me where I can find a detailed description (or give me a detailed description)of what happens to the body when it is falling at speed - bungee jumping and so on?
Ta

jd
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 17:17:39: Hi JD, don't know if this link will help http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l3e.html cos, I assume you particularly mean what happens to a human body eh ?....well..I can't help you with that one, the eventual consequence is self explanatory though [:D]

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Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 19:11:44: Oh...by the way....big welcome to you JD :-)

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Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 17:17:39: Hi JD, don't know if this link will help http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l3e.html cos, I assume you particularly mean what happens to a human body eh ?....well..I can't help you with that one, the eventual consequence is self explanatory though [:D]

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: neilep on 18/04/2004 19:11:44: Oh...by the way....big welcome to you JD :-)

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: Jenny Diski on 20/04/2004 09:23:34: Thank you for the welcome and the link. It turns out that there is a book devoted to the subject of humans falling. There's a book about everything...
jd

jd
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: neilep on 20/04/2004 11:51:47: WOW...a book about everything !!...Must be a very BIG Book *hee hee*(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finstagiber.net%2Fsmiliesdotcom%2Fcontrib%2Flilly%2Fhmm3grin2orange.gif&hash=4ff21faaf2729ffac360747e86d5d375)

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Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: MayoFlyFarmer on 21/04/2004 07:10:18: wow, what a joker!!!

Lift your skinny fists, like antennas to hevan!
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on 15/01/2018 01:29:44: Quote from: neilep on 20/04/2004 11:51:47
WOW...a book about everything !!...Must be a very BIG Book *hee hee*(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finstagiber.net%2Fsmiliesdotcom%2Fcontrib%2Flilly%2Fhmm3grin2orange.gif&hash=4ff21faaf2729ffac360747e86d5d375)

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'
A Wikipedia book?
Wait, that didn't exist in 2004.
Title: Re: What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?
Post by: chris on 15/01/2018 08:23:24: Just to provide some useful information on this topic, since the original question hadn't been addressed, one can think of a human in orbit aboard the ISS (International Space Station) as being in a very long free-fall. As such, studying astronauts is a good way to understand some of the physiological consequences of falling, which is what Ben Levine does:

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/hearts-space