Physics in Biology and Medicine
- 6th Edition - January 19, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Paul Davidovits
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 5 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 5 9 - 9
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Physics in Biology and Medicine, Sixth Edition includes new, revised material, and corresponding exercises on many exciting developments in the field. New sections cover biomechanics, biotribology, frictional properties of biological materials, 3-D printing and its use in medicine, new materials in dentistry, microfluidics, bioelectronic medicine, microsensors, and microscopy. This revised edition delivers helpful and engaging additions to the role and importance of physics in biology and medicine, including new coverage on metamaterials, metabolism, and environmental science. It is ideal for courses in biophysics, medical physics, and related subjects.
- Provides practical information and techniques for building fundamental knowledge and applying physics and biology to the study of living systems
- Includes numerous figures, examples, illustrative problems, and appendices which provide convenient access to the important concepts of mechanics, electricity, and optics used in the text
- Features new and revised coverage on metamaterials, metabolism, and environmental science
- Offers online support, including a full solutions manual for qualified instructors and additional programming resources (PowerPoints) for students
Students in undergraduate and graduate courses in Biophysics. Professionals / researchers / academics applying Biophysics principles in research and applied settings, who require an introduction or refresher to the subject
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the author
- Physics in biology and medicine sixth edition
- Preface to the sixth edition
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Static forces
- 1.1. Equilibrium and stability
- 1.2. Equilibrium considerations for the human body
- 1.3. Stability of the human body under the action of an external force
- 1.4 Skeletal muscles
- 1.5. Levers
- 1.6. The elbow
- 1.7. The hip
- 1.7.1. Limping
- 1.8. The back
- 1.9. Standing tip-toe on one foot
- 1.10. Dynamic aspects of posture
- Exercises
- Chapter 2. Friction
- 2.1. Standing at an incline
- 2.2. Friction at the hip joint
- 2.3. Spine fin of a catfish
- 2.4. Biotribology
- Exercises
- Chapter 3. Translational motion
- 3.1. Vertical jump
- 3.2. Effect of gravity on the vertical jump
- 3.3. Running high jump
- 3.4. Range of a projectile
- 3.5. Standing broad jump
- 3.6. Running broad jump (long jump)
- 3.7. Motion through air
- 3.8. Energy consumed in physical activity
- Exercises
- Chapter 4. Angular motion
- 4.1. Forces on a curved path
- 4.2. A Runner on a curved track
- 4.3. Pendulum
- 4.4. Walking
- 4.5. Physical pendulum
- 4.6. Speed of walking and running
- 4.7. Energy expended in running
- 4.8. Alternate perspectives on walking and running
- 4.9. Carrying loads
- Exercises
- Chapter 5. Elasticity and strength of materials
- 5.1. Longitudinal stretch and compression
- 5.2. A spring
- 5.3. Bone fracture: Energy considerations
- 5.4. Impulsive forces
- 5.5. Fracture due to a fall: Impulsive force considerations
- 5.6. Airbags: Inflating collision protection devices
- 5.7. Whiplash injury
- 5.8. Falling from great height
- 5.9. Osteoarthritis and exercise
- 5.10. Three-dimensional (3-D) printing a new technique for shaping materials
- 5.11. Joint replacement
- Exercises
- Chapter 6. Insect flight
- 6.1. Hovering flight
- 6.2. Insect wing muscles
- 6.3. Power required for hovering
- 6.4. Kinetic energy of wings in flight
- 6.5. Elasticity of wings
- Exercises
- Chapter 7. Fluids
- 7.1. Force and pressure in a fluid
- 7.2. Pascal’s principle
- 7.3. Hydrostatic skeleton
- 7.4. Archimedes’ principle
- 7.5. Power required to remain afloat
- 7.6. Buoyancy of aquatic animals
- 7.7. Surface tension
- 7.8. Soil water
- 7.9. Insect locomotion on water
- 7.10. Contraction of muscles
- 7.11. Surfactants
- Exercises
- Chapter 8. The motion of fluids
- 8.1. Bernoulli’s equation
- 8.2. Viscosity and Poiseuille’s law
- 8.3. Turbulent flow
- 8.4. Circulation of the blood
- 8.5. Blood pressure
- 8.6. Control of blood flow
- 8.7. Energetics of blood flow
- 8.8. Turbulence in the blood
- 8.9. Arteriosclerosis and blood flow
- 8.10. Power produced by the heart
- 8.11. Measurement of blood pressure
- 8.12. Microfluidics
- Exercises
- Chapter 9. Heat and kinetic theory
- 9.1. Heat and hotness
- 9.2. Kinetic theory of matter
- 9.3. Definitions
- 9.4. Transfer of heat
- 9.4.4. Diffusion and random walk
- 9.5. Transport of molecules by diffusion
- 9.6. Diffusion through membranes
- 9.7. The respiratory system
- 9.8. Surfactants and breathing
- 9.9. Diffusion and contact lenses
- Exercises
- Chapter 10. Thermodynamics
- 10.1. First Law of Thermodynamics
- 10.2. Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 10.3. Difference between heat and other forms of energy
- 10.4. Thermodynamics of living systems
- 10.5. Information and the second law
- 10.6. Fractals, chaos, and the second law of thermodynamics
- Exercises
- Chapter 11. Heat and life
- 11.1. Energy requirements of people
- 11.2. Energy from food
- 11.3. Regulation of body temperature
- 11.4. Control of skin temperature
- 11.5. Convection
- 11.6. Radiation
- 11.7. Radiative heating by the sun
- 11.8. Evaporation
- 11.9. Resistance to cold
- 11.10. Heat and soil
- 11.11. Energy requirements of large carnivores
- 11.12. Physical exercise, calories, and weight loss
- Exercises
- Chapter 12. Waves and sound
- 12.1. Properties of sound
- 12.2. Some properties of waves
- 12.3. Hearing and the ear
- 12.4. Bats and echoes
- 12.5. Sounds produced by animals
- 12.6. Acoustic traps
- 12.7. Clinical uses of sound
- Exercises
- Chapter 13. Electricity
- 13.1. The nervous system
- 13.2. Electricity in plants
- 13.3. Electricity in the bone
- 13.4. Electric fish
- Exercises
- Chapter 14. Electrical technology
- 14.1. Electrical technology in biological research
- 14.2. Diagnostic equipment
- 14.3. Physiological effects of electricity
- 14.4. Bioelectronic medicine
- 14.5. Control systems
- 14.6. Feedback
- 14.7. Sensory aids
- Exercises
- Chapter 15. Optics
- 15.1. Vision
- 15.2. Nature of light
- 15.3. Structure of the eye
- 15.4. Accommodation
- 15.5. Eye and the camera
- 15.6. Lens system of the eye
- 15.7. Reduced eye
- 15.8. Retina
- 15.9. Resolving power of the eye
- 15.10. Threshold of vision
- 15.11. Vision and the nervous system
- 15.12. Defects in vision
- 15.13. Lens for myopia
- 15.14. Lens for presbyopia and hyperopia
- 15.15. Extension of vision
- 15.16. Physiological and psychological effects of light on people
- Exercises
- Chapter 16. Atomic physics
- 16.1. The atom
- 16.2. Spectroscopy
- 16.3. Quantum mechanics
- 16.4. Electron microscope
- 16.5. X-rays
- 16.6. X-ray computerized tomography
- 16.7. Lasers
- 16.8. Atomic force microscopy
- 16.9. Cryoelectron microscopy
- 16.10. Laws of physics and life
- Exercises
- Chapter 17. Nuclear physics
- 17.1. The nucleus
- 17.2. Magnetic resonance imaging
- 17.3. Radiation therapy
- 17.4. Food preservation by radiation
- 17.5. Isotopic tracers
- Exercises
- Chapter 18. Nanotechnology in biology and medicine
- 18.1. Nanostructures
- 18.2. Nanotechnology
- 18.3. Some properties of nanostructures
- 18.4. Medical applications of nanotechnology
- 18.5. Concerns over use of nanoparticles in consumer products
- 18.6. Health impact of nanoparticles in polluted air
- Exercises
- Chapter 19. Metamaterials
- 19.1. Background
- 19.2. Construction of a metalens: a simplified description
- 19.3. Split ring resonator
- 19.4. Refraction
- 19.5. Superlens
- 19.6. Metamaterial antennas
- 19.7. Metamaterials in medicine
- 19.8. Other types of metamaterials
- EXERCISES
- Appendix A. Basic concepts in mechanics
- Appendix B. Review of electricity
- Appendix C. Review of optics
- Bibliography
- Answers to Numerical Exercises
- Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: January 19, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443215582
- eBook ISBN: 9780443215599
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Paul Davidovits
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.
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