Paul Davidovits (Boston College, Massachusetts, USA)

Broschiertes Buch

Physics in Biology and Medicine

Beschreibung

This fourth edition of Physics for Biology and Medicine covers topics in physics as they apply to the life sciences, specifically medicine, physiology, nursing and other applied health fields. This concise introductory paperback surveys and relates basicphysics to living systems. It discusses biological systems that can be analyzed quantitatively and how advances in the life sciences have been aided by the knowledge of physical or engineering analysis techniques. Applicable courses are biophysics and applied physics. Provides practical techniques for applying knowledge of physics to the study of living systems. Presents material in a straight forward manner requiring very little background in physics or biology. Includes many figures, examples and illustrative problems and appendices which provide convenient access to the most important concepts of mechanics, electricity, and optics.

Autor

Professor of Chemistry at Boston College, was co-awarded the prestigious R.W. Wood prize from the Optical Society of America for his seminal work in optics. His contribution was foundational in the field of confocal microscopy, which allows engineers and biologists to produce optical sections through 3D objects such as semiconductor circuits, living tissues, or a single cell. He has published more than 150 papers in physical chemistry and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for Advancement of Science. The second edition of Physics in Biology and Medicine received the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award in the Discipline of the Natural Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Complementary Science
• Verlag: Academic Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2010-0-66610-7
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780123865137
• ISBN-10: 0123865131
• Artikelnr.: 33138190

Rezensionen

"The text provides clear descriptions of medical devices and techniques such as MRI, CAT scan and cochlear implant. It discusses biological systems that can be analyzed quantitatively and shows how advances in the life sciences have been aided by the knowledge of physical or engineering analysis techniques." --Anticancer Research, August 2013

Reviews from the 2e:"This is a book you should consider if you are teaching the one-semester premed course. This text could be used in two ways: 1) as a text for a one-term course in the physics of the body (without calculus) for non-physics majors in premed or allied health programs, or 2) as a supplementary text for the introductory physics course, particularly for premed students." --Russell Hobbie, University of Minnesota

"There is certainly a viable market (for this book), if not as a stand-alone physics text, as a collection of problems, examples, and discussions at the boundary between physics and biology and medicine. It is very well written; it is certainly accurate; and it is pretty complete." --David Cinabro, Wayne State University