Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences , 2nd Edition

Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences , 2nd Edition

The work is broken up into six sections : mechanics , solids and fluids , thermodynamics , electricity and DC circuits , optics and radiation and health .

It is intended to give students who have taken health science courses a strong foundation in physics . Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences , Second Edition offers a plethora of concepts , pictures , ideas and problems that have been carefully chosen to reference the biomedical sciences and is replete with illustrated examples . Interspersed problems , learning objectives , definitions of essential ideas and equations and additional practice problems are all included as resources in the text.

NEW CHAPTERS CONSIST OF :

optical devices
Contemporary Geometric Optics
Heat Transfer Processes
Entropy thermodynamic potentials and heat engines
For students majoring in health and biological sciences who have minimal foundation in math or physics , this comprehensive text is a valuable resource . It is also a great resource for those looking to learn more about the topic in depth .

The subjects included are :

Energy Waves Kinematics Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion Elasticity of Hearing and Sound
Dynamics of Fluids The Zeroth Law and temperature
Perfect Gases Water Vapour Phase and Temperature Change
Static electricity and Thermodynamics of the Body
Field capacitance and electric force
DC Circuits with Direct Currents
The Vision and Eye optical devices
Atomic Physics and Atoms
Nuclear Physics and the Atom
Atomic Radiation
diagnostic imaging
MRIs and magnets

see also : Hendee’s Physics of Medical Imaging, 5th Edition