| Title: | Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology |
| Author: | Russell K. Hobbie and Bradley J. Roth |
| Pages: | 620 pages |
| Publisher: | Springer; 4th edition (March 12, 2007) |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN-10: | 038730942X |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0387309422 |
| Dimensions: | 11.4 x 8.9 x 1.4 inches |
| File Type: | PDF |
| Size: | Mb |
| Description: | Intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, cell biology, and biomedical engineering, this wide-ranging text bridges the gap between introductory physics and its application to the life and biomedical sciences. This extensively revised and updated fourth edition reflects new developments at the burgeoning interface between physics and biomedicine. Among the many topics treated are: forces in the skeletal system; fluid flow, with examples from the circulatory system; the logistic equation; scaling; transport of neutral particles by diffusion and by solvent drag; membranes and osmosis; equipartition of energy in statistical mechanics; the chemical potential and free energy; biological magnetic fields; membranes and gated channels in membranes; linear and nonlinear feedback systems; nonlinear phenomena, including biological clocks and chaotic behavior; signal analysis, noise and stochastic resonance detection of weak signals; image formation and description; image reconstruction; hearing and medical ultrasound; atoms and light; near infrared scattering; optical coherence tomography; infrared radiation; ultraviolet light; radiometry and photometry; the interaction of photons and charged particles in tissue; radiological physics and the use of x-rays in diagnosis and therapy; nuclear medicine; and magnetic resonance imaging. Discussion of theory is more closely linked to experiment, and stochastic processes are presented as an integral part of biological systems. A prior course in physics and in calculus is assumed. Over 800 problems (a 44% increase from the third edition) are included to test the student's understanding and to provide additional biological examples. A solutions manual is available to instructors. Each chapter has an extensive list of references as well as useful bibliographies for further reading. Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology is also ideal for self study and as a reference for workers in medical and biological research. KEY FEATURES:
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| Review: | Review "For the professional physicist, the book provides a painless way for gaining a comprehensive view of the successes of biological physics, and for those who teach, adding some enjoyable topics and different problems to their courses at all levels. The author is very thorough...and has made a supreme effort to include the most recent research results in a wide variety of naturally occurring physical and physiological phenomena.... For the physicist hoping not be left behind in the current redirection of relevant science, this book is a perfect fit." -- Physics Today, October 1998 From the reviews: "For the professional physicist, the book provides a painless way for gaining a comprehensive view of the successes of biological physics and, for those who teach, adding some enjoyable topics and different problems to their courses at all levels … This book could be used as the basis for an undergraduate course. It is also a comfortable way to put a biological spin on physics applications ordinarily taught in junior- and senior-level courses … The author is very thorough … and he has made a supreme effort to include the most recent research results in a wide variety of naturally occurring physical and physiological phenomena … For the physicist hoping not to be left behind in the current redirection of relevant science, this book is a perfect fit." Physics Today --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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