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Biophysics of the Senses (Second Edition) connects fundamental properties of physics to biological systems, relating them directly to the human body. It includes discussions of the role of charges and free radicals in disease and homeostasis, how aspects of mechanics impact normal body functions, hu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Presley, Tennille D., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.
Temas:
Senses and sensation.
Biophysics.
Sensation > physiology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Units : the essential tools to all understanding
  • 1.1. What are units and why are they important?
  • 1.2. Unit conversions
  • 2. Mechanics of the body
  • 2.1. What is mechanics?
  • 2.2. Speed, velocity, and acceleration
  • 2.3. Newton's laws of motion
  • 2.4. Bodily movements
  • 3. How physics generates order in the body?
  • 3.1. Bodily order
  • 3.2. Work, energy, and power
  • 3.3. Thermodynamics
  • 3.4. Metabolism
  • 3.5. Pressure
  • 4. Electrical properties of the body
  • 4.1. Atoms and electricity
  • 4.2. Electric force, electric field and electric potential
  • 4.3. Current, voltage, and power
  • 4.4. Magnetism
  • 4.5. Capacitance
  • 5. Free radicals
  • 5.1. What is a free radical?
  • 5.2. Types of free radicals
  • 5.3. Interrelationships of radicals
  • 5.4. Antioxidants
  • 5.5. Ways to measure free radicals
  • 6. Cardiac conductivity
  • 6.1. Machinery of the heart and blood flow
  • 6.2. Membrane potential
  • 6.3. Electrocardiogram and echocardiogram
  • 6.4. Cardiac abnormalities
  • 7. The human mind
  • 7.1. What is a neuron?
  • 7.2. Nerve impulses
  • 7.3. Quantum mechanics
  • 7.4. Cognition and neurological disorders
  • 7.5. Networks and regulatory control
  • 8. Physics of nutrition, exercise and disease
  • 8.1. Physics of a healthy diet--sense of taste
  • 8.2. Exercise
  • 8.3. Impact of disease
  • 9. Music's influence on physics and the body
  • 9.1. History of sound and the science of music
  • 9.2. Mechanics of music and cellular effects
  • 9.3. Frequency, waves and vibrations
  • 9.4. Beats, resonance and the Doppler effect
  • 9.5. Musical impact on disease
  • 10. Power tools and the body
  • 10.1. The power tools that are useful for everyday life
  • 10.2. Internal tools that 'power' the body.

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