Physics Of The Human Body

Author : Irving P. Herman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319239325
Total Pages : 953 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of the Human Body written by Irving P. Herman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-09 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Richard P. McCall
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801894557
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of the Human Body written by Richard P. McCall and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood pumping through our veins is a vital example of Poiseuille flow; the act of running requires friction to propel the runner forward; and the quality of our eyesight demonstrates how properties of light enable us to correct near- and far-sightedness. --

Author : Emico Okuno
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461485762
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biomechanics of the Human Body written by Emico Okuno and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomechanics of the Human Body teaches basic physics concepts using examples and problems based on the human body. The reader will also learn how the laws of mechanics may help to understand the conditions of the static and dynamic equilibrium of one of the marvels of nature: the human body. The mathematical language used in physics has always been pointed out as responsible for students’ difficulties. So, each concept given is followed by explanatory examples, with subsequent application and fixation exercises. It is a richly illustrated book that facilitates the comprehension of presented concepts. Biomechanics of the Human Body can be useful to students of physical and occupational therapy, physical education, the life sciences, and health care professionals who deal with biomechanics. This book is also recommended for sport practitioners as well as the general reader interested in the mechanics of the human body.

Author : Richard P. McCall
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801899540
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of the Human Body written by Richard P. McCall and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard P. McCall's fascinating book explains how basic concepts of physics apply to the fundamental activities and responses of the human body, a veritable physics laboratory. Blood pumping through our veins is a vital example of Poiseuille flow; the act of running requires friction to propel the runner forward; and the quality of our eyesight demonstrates how properties of light enable us to correct near- and far-sightedness. Each chapter discusses a fundamental physics concept and relates it to the anatomy and physiology of applicable parts of the body. Topics include motion, fluids and pressure, temperature and heat, speech and hearing, electrical behaviors, optics, biological effects of radiation, and drug concentrations. Clear and compelling, with a limited amount of math, McCall's descriptions allow readers of all levels to appreciate the physics of the human physique. Physics of the Human Body will help curious high school students, undergraduates with medical aspirations, and practicing medical professionals understand more about the underlying physics principles of the human body.

Author : Irving Herman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540296042
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics of the Human Body written by Irving Herman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-16 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively addresses the physical and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics. It is the most comprehensive book on the physics of the human body, and the only book also providing theoretical background. The book is geared to undergraduates interested in physics, medical applications of physics, quantitative physiology, medicine, and biomedical engineering.

Author : Lawrence Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Physics written by Lawrence Davis and published by . This book was released on 201? with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Body Physics was designed to meet the objectives of a one-term high school or freshman level course in physical science, typically designed to provide non-science majors and undeclared students with exposure to the most basic principles in physics while fulfilling a science-with-lab core requirement. The content level is aimed at students taking their first college science course, whether or not they are planning to major in science. However, with minor supplementation by other resources, such as OpenStax College Physics, this textbook could easily be used as the primary resource in 200-level introductory courses. Chapters that may be more appropriate for physics courses than for general science courses are noted with an asterisk symbol (*). Of course this textbook could be used to supplement other primary resources in any physics course covering mechanics and thermodynamics"--Textbook Web page.

Author : Hiram Baddeley
Publisher : PHYSICS AND THE HUMAN BODY
ISBN 13 : 1438917031
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics and the Human Body written by Hiram Baddeley and published by PHYSICS AND THE HUMAN BODY. This book was released on 2008 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics and the Human Body is about how we found out how our bodies and the world about us work. It is the common history of the discovery of the laws of physics and the exploration of human body over more than two millennia. Theories about what nature is, what we are and how our bodies function, have concerned natural philosophers and physicians since the time of Hippocrates and Empedocles. The purpose of this book is to give a coherent history of relevant theories and discoveries to show how physics and human biology are linked. Since the Renaissance natural philosophers and physicians have collaborated and influenced one another; Galileo and Santorini, Borelli and Malpighi, Isaac Newton and John Locke, Marie Curie and Claudius Regaud. Many theories and discoveries have been made by those who were both natural philosophers and physicians: Empedocles, Ibn Sina, Gilbert, Stensen, Mayow, Stahl, Black, Poiseuille, Young, Purkinje, von Helmholtz, Berzelius and Koch. Two important themes recur in these stories of discovery. The first is the close relationship between the physical and medical sciences. The second is the inspirational nature of discovery and the power of inventive genius to formulate surprising theories of great explanatory and predictive power; theories that have revolutionized our ways of looking at the natural world and ourselves. These discoveries emphasize that the laws of physics govern the living human body as they do inanimate matter. Physics goes on inside us as well as outside. Yet for many people this unsurprising reality has been hard to accept because physics and medical biology have, in the past, been presented as entirely separate disciplines. The physics of quantum electrodynamics helped to understand the role of DNA in human genetics. The Human Genome Project completed in 2003 resulted from the discoveries of physicists as well as medical scientists and promises further insights into our nature. Quantum and radiation physics have provided new technologies such as ultrasound, nuclear medicine and computed tomography for non-surgical exploration of the living body.

Author : Howard D. Goldick
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mechanics, Heat, and the Human Body written by Howard D. Goldick and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique introduction to physics for readers who are particularly interested in the human body covers a limited number of distinct physics topics (related to mechanics and heat) in great depth and with many examples and problems that relate directly to readers' interests. Each topic is developed quantitatively using high school-level algebra (linear equations, simultaneous equations), trigonometric functions, and vectors. Applications focus on typical situations--e.g., the need for and proper use of a cane; the need for heat transfer from the body to the environment during exercise and the relative contributions of the various mechanisms (convection, radiation, evaporation of sweat); the relation between energy ingested as food and energy expended during exercise; etc. Motion; Force; Vectors; Newton's Second Law; Momentum And Impulse; Angular Motion; Torque; Shoulder; Knee; Lower Back; FHP; Heat And Energy; Conservation Of Energy; Work; Chemical Energy; Elastic Energy; Nuclear Energy. For premedical students, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapists.

Author : Jamie A. Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199673535
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Unfolding written by Jamie A. Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of human development from egg to adult, showing how the understanding of how human beings come to be has been transformed in recent years.

Author : Alberto R’os
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619321238
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body written by Alberto R’os and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2014-04-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alberto R’os literally charms his border town--this is magical realism at its best.