Biophysics for dummies /
Vos, Kenneth John Ernest, 1963-
Biophysics for dummies / by Ken Vos, PhD, Professor at University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. - First edition - xiii, 416 pages : illustations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Part I: Getting Started with Biophysics: Welcoming You to the World of Biophysics -- Interrogating Biophysics: The Five Ws and One H -- Speaking Physics: The Basics for All Areas of Biophysics -- Part II: Calling the Mechanics to Fix Your Bio Biomechanics: Bullying Biomechanics with the Laws of Physics -- Sitting with Couch Potatoes Static Equilibrium -- Building the Mechanics of the Human Body and Animals -- Making The World Go Round With Physics Dynamics -- Looking at Where Moving Objects Go Kinematics -- Part III: Making Your Blood Boil The Physics of Fluids: Understanding the Mechanics of Fluids and Cohesive Forces -- Going with the Fluid Flow Fluid Dynamics -- Breaking through to the Other Side Transport, Membranes, and Porous Material -- Part IV: Playing the Music Too Loud Sound and Waves -- Examining the Physics of Waves and Sound -- Grasping How Animals and Instruments Produce Sound Waves -- Detecting Sound Waves with the Ear -- Listening to Sound Doppler Effect, Echolocation, and Imaging -- Part V: Interacting Subatomic Particles Influcence on Biological Organisms -- Charging Matter: The Laws of Physics for Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism -- Tapping into the Physics of Radiation -- Fighting the Big C But Not All Radiation Is Bad -- Seeing Good Biophysics in the Medical Field 375 Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Ten (or So) Tips to Help You Master Your Biophysics Course -- Ten Careers for People Studying Biophysics.
The fun, easy way to get up to speed on biophysics concepts, principles, and practices One of the most diverse of modern scientific disciplines, biophysics applies methods and technologies from physics to the study of biological systems and phenomena, from the human nervous system to soil erosion to global warming. What are the best options for satisfying the world's growing energy demands? How can we feed the world's growing population? How can we contain, or reverse, global warming? How can we vouchsafe a plentiful supply of potable water for future generations? These are among the critical questions to which biophysicists work to provide answers.
9781118513507
2012276131
20139008039
Biophysics
Biofísica
QH505 / .V67 2013
571.4
Biophysics for dummies / by Ken Vos, PhD, Professor at University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. - First edition - xiii, 416 pages : illustations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Part I: Getting Started with Biophysics: Welcoming You to the World of Biophysics -- Interrogating Biophysics: The Five Ws and One H -- Speaking Physics: The Basics for All Areas of Biophysics -- Part II: Calling the Mechanics to Fix Your Bio Biomechanics: Bullying Biomechanics with the Laws of Physics -- Sitting with Couch Potatoes Static Equilibrium -- Building the Mechanics of the Human Body and Animals -- Making The World Go Round With Physics Dynamics -- Looking at Where Moving Objects Go Kinematics -- Part III: Making Your Blood Boil The Physics of Fluids: Understanding the Mechanics of Fluids and Cohesive Forces -- Going with the Fluid Flow Fluid Dynamics -- Breaking through to the Other Side Transport, Membranes, and Porous Material -- Part IV: Playing the Music Too Loud Sound and Waves -- Examining the Physics of Waves and Sound -- Grasping How Animals and Instruments Produce Sound Waves -- Detecting Sound Waves with the Ear -- Listening to Sound Doppler Effect, Echolocation, and Imaging -- Part V: Interacting Subatomic Particles Influcence on Biological Organisms -- Charging Matter: The Laws of Physics for Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism -- Tapping into the Physics of Radiation -- Fighting the Big C But Not All Radiation Is Bad -- Seeing Good Biophysics in the Medical Field 375 Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Ten (or So) Tips to Help You Master Your Biophysics Course -- Ten Careers for People Studying Biophysics.
The fun, easy way to get up to speed on biophysics concepts, principles, and practices One of the most diverse of modern scientific disciplines, biophysics applies methods and technologies from physics to the study of biological systems and phenomena, from the human nervous system to soil erosion to global warming. What are the best options for satisfying the world's growing energy demands? How can we feed the world's growing population? How can we contain, or reverse, global warming? How can we vouchsafe a plentiful supply of potable water for future generations? These are among the critical questions to which biophysicists work to provide answers.
9781118513507
2012276131
20139008039
Biophysics
Biofísica
QH505 / .V67 2013
571.4