Physics of the human body [electronic resource] / Irving P. Herman.
Herman, Irving P.
2016
R895
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Title
Physics of the human body [electronic resource] / Irving P. Herman.
Author
Herman, Irving P.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9783319239323 (electronic book)
3319239325 (electronic book)
9783319239309
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23932-3
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 953 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-23932-3 doi
Call Number
R895
Dewey Decimal Classification
610.1/53
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 11, 2016).
Series
Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering.
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Print version: 9783319239309
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Preface
Terminology, the Standard Human, and Scaling
Statics of the Body
Motion
Mechanical Properties of the Body
Muscles
Metabolism: Energy, Heat, Work, and Power of the Body
Fluid Pressure, Fluid Flow in the Body, and Motion in Fluids
Cardiovascular System
Lungs and Breathing
Sound, Speech, and Hearing
Light, Eyes, and Vision
Electrical and Magnetic Properties
Feedback and Control.

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