Given by Prof. R. Igor Gamow during the Academic Christmas Break.

 

 

The course will consist of lectures and field trips in the Kathmandu valley and a trek in the Annapurna's. Course content may include the following topics:

 

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Western World View

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Eastern World View

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Men and Mountains

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Moving Air: Respiration

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Moving Blood: Circulation

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Transporting Oxygen: Hemoglobin

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Using Oxygen: The Cell

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Altitude Illness

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Acclimatization

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Physics of Portable Hyperbaric Chamber

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High Altitude Physiology of Peoples of the World Living at Altitude

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High Altitude Climbing and Deep Sea Diving

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Experiments at High Altitude

 

Gamow Bag

 

This course is offered by the SANN Institute in Boulder Colorado.  Professor Gamow has taught this course or similar courses for the SANN Institute once or twice a year since 1989.

For more information and application please contact:

SANN Research Institute

948 Pearl Street

Boulder, Colorado 80302

phone: 303-449-4279
toll free: 1-888-241-0710
fax: 303-440-7328
e-mail: info@sannr.com
web: www.sannr.com

Credit: Students can earn from 3 to 6 credit hours studying with Professor Gamow.  These credits are transferable to the home universities of the participating students.  Contact Professor Gamow for more details: gamow@spot.colorado.edu