Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences

Franklin, Kirsten; Muir, Paul; Scott, Terry; Wilcocks, Lara; Yates, Paul

ISBN 10: 0470665939 / ISBN 13: 9780470665930

Edité par Wiley (edition 1), 2010

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences
• Éditeur: Wiley (edition 1)
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0470665939
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780470665930
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 1.
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book aims to demystify fundamental biophysics for students in the health and biosciences required to study physics and to understand the mechanistic behaviour of biosystems. The text is well supplemented by worked conceptual examples that will constitute the main source for the students, while combining conceptual examples and practice problems with more quantitative examples and recent technological advances.

Quatrième de couverture

Physics is central to the study of biomedical science, and in manycases, students are required to have an understanding of basicphysics to help appreciate the behaviour of biosystems. Writtenwith support from health science professionals and studentsstudying physics, this dynamic book follows well–establishedintroductory physics curricula and presents the necessary conceptsof physics as clearly and succinctly as possible.

Aware that an inclination for physics is an issue for manyhealth science students, the authors have featured manyapplications of physics in the biomedical sciences to encourage thereader s interest. Each chapter features conceptual examples,diagrams, ideas and challenges, with interspersed problems toassist the reader and concludes with a summary of key concepts andequations, and further practice problems.

The chapters are split into six sections as follows;

• Mechanics; kinematics, force and Newton s Laws ofMotion, motion in a circle, statics, energy, momentum, motion,waves, and sound and hearing.
• Bulk Materials; elasticity, pressure, buoyancy, surfacetension, fluid dynamics and molecular transport phenomena.
• Thermodynamics; temperature, ideal gases, water vapourand the atmosphere, heat transfer, and thermodynamics and thebody.
• Electricity and DC circuits; static, electric force,field, electric potential, energy, capacitance, direct currents andDC circuits and time behaviour of RC circuits.
• Optics; the nature of light, geometric optics, the eyeand vision, and wave optics.
• Radiation and Health; atoms, the nucleus and nuclearphysics, production, interaction and biological effects of Ionizingradiation, medical imaging, and magnetism and MRI.

The objective of this textbook is to enhance the students learning of physics by teaching biological physics effectively,using a technique that has already been proven to be inspiring forthose concerned about their education in this field of science.

Intended for first and second–year undergraduate students in thehealth sciences with little background in mathematics or physics,this valuable text can also be used as an introduction to physicsfor other life science majors who are interested in physics or whowish to gain a broad understanding of the subject.