Physics in Biology and Medicine (5^th Ed.)

Physics in Biology and Medicine, Fifth Edition provides an excellent and highly relevant physics background for students heading toward careers in the medical and related professions. In many cases biological systems are analyzed quantitatively. The text shows how advances in the life sciences have been aided by the knowledge of physical or engineering analysis techniques. The quantitative aspects of the subject are demonstrated and associated exercises teach how to apply quantitative reasoning to the subject.

This fully revised and updated new edition includes new material on biomechanics of joint replacement, lubricating properties of saliva, 3-D printing and its use in medicine, new materials in dentistry, effect of surface tension on biological functions, microfluidics and its applications to medicine, health and the second law of thermodynamics, fractals and the second law of thermodynamics, bioelectronic medicine, micro sensors in medicine, spectroscopy in tracking wound healing, alpha particles in cancer therapy, advances in nanoparticle chemotherapy, nanocrystals and chameleon coloring. Additional exercises dealing with these topics are added to the book.

• Fully revised and updated edition
• Provides practical information and techniques for applying knowledge of physics to the study of living systems
• Presents material in a straight forward manner requiring very little background in physics or biology
• Includes many figures, examples, illustrative problems and appendices which provide convenient access to the most important concepts of mechanics, electricity, and optics in the body
• Features Instructor Solutions Manual at textbook.elsevier.com

1. Static Forces 2. Friction 3. Translational Motion 4. Angular Motion 5. Elasticity and Strength of Materials 6. Insect Flight 7. Fluids 8. The Motion of Fluids 9. Heat and Kinetic Theory 10. Thermodynamics 11. Heat and Life 12. Waves and Sound 13. Electricity 14. Electrical Technology 15. Optics 16. Atomic Physics 17. Nuclear Physics 18. Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine

Appendix A. Basic Concepts in Mechanics B. Review of Electricity C. Review of Optics

Students and professors of physics, biology, and medicine, and applied health workers

• Provides practical information and techniques for applying knowledge of physics to the study of living systems.
• Presents material in a straightforward manner requiring very little prior knowledge of physics or biology.
• Includes many figures, examples, illustrative problems and appendices, which provide convenient access to the important concepts of mechanics, electricity, and optics used in the text.
• Features an Instructor Solutions Manual at textbooks.elsevier.com.