This book comprehensively addresses the physics and engineering
aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year
college physics and mathematics. Topics include the mechanics of the
static body and the body in motion, the mechanical properties of the
body, muscles in the body, the energetics of body metabolism, fluid
flow in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the acoustics of
sound waves in speaking and hearing, vision and the optics of the eye,
the electrical properties of the body, and the basic engineering
principles of feedback and control in regulating all aspects of
function. The goal of this text is to clearly explain the physics
issues concerning the human body, in part by developing and then using
simple and subsequently more refined models of the macrophysics of the
human body. Many chapters include a brief review of the underlying
physics. There are problems at the end of each chapter; solutions to
selected problems are also provided. This second edition enhances the
treatments of the physics of motion, sports, and diseases and
disorders, and integrates discussions of these topics as they appear
throughout the book. Also, it briefly addresses physical
measurements of and in the body, and offers a broader selection of
problems, which, as in the first edition, are geared to a range of
student levels. This text is geared to undergraduates interested in
physics, medical applications of physics, quantitative physiology,
medicine, and biomedical engineering.
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ISBN
9783319239323
Publisert
2018
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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