Dear Reader,
Life at High G-Force is a biography of Dr. Earl H. Wood, one of Mayo Clinic’s most prominent researchers. Dr. Wood is best known for his groundbreaking work on the G-suit, which allowed Allied pilots to outmaneuver Japanese and German planes and win the air battles of World War II.
Of the many storied researchers to grace Mayo Clinic’s halls, Dr. Wood left a particularly memorable mark. A world-renowned physiologist and scientist, he devoted his career to understanding the ways in which the human heart and lungs adapt to stress—whether imposed by disease, exercise, or aerospace flight.
Throughout his remarkable career, Dr. Wood remained a man of kindness, generosity, and loyalty, exemplifying leadership at its finest. Filled with detailed history and firsthand memories, this intimate biography, told by Wood’s son, is a poignant celebration of a researcher whose groundbreaking innovation continues to impact the medical field today.
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