Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology: Statistical PhysicsA reissue of a classic book, corrected, edited, and typeset, to be published in the Biological Physics Series. Intended for undergraduate courses in biophysics, biological physics, physiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering, this book is an introduction to statistical physics with examples and problems from the medical and biological sciences. Topics include the elements of the theory of probability, Poisson statistics, thermal equilibrium, entropy and free energy, and the second law of thermodynamics. Chapters include problems and references. The book can be used as a supplement to standard introductory physics courses, and as a text for medical schools, medical physics courses, and biology departments. The three volumes combined present all the major topics in physics. Originally published in 1974 from the authors's typescript, this reissue will be edited, corrected, typeset, the art redrawn, and an index added. These books are being reissued by Springer in the Biological Physics Series in response to frequent requests to provide these texts to satisfy the growing need among students and practitioners in the medical and biological sciences with a working knowledge of the physical sciences. The books are also in demand in physics departments either as supplements to traditional intro texts or as main text for those departments offering courses with biological or medical physics orientation. A solutions manual will be available. The authors are recognized experts in the field, and are under contract for an upperlevel/grad text in biological physics. Benedeck was the recepient of the 1995 Irving Lanmuir Prize from the American Physical Society for Chemical Physics, and the 1994 Biological Physics Prize by the American Physical Society. |
Contents
VII | 1 |
IX | 13 |
X | 24 |
XI | 36 |
XIII | 41 |
XIV | 57 |
XV | 73 |
XVI | 75 |
LXXXV | 320 |
LXXXVI | 328 |
LXXXVII | 330 |
LXXXVIII | 332 |
LXXXIX | 336 |
XC | 338 |
XCI | 340 |
XCII | 347 |
XVII | 76 |
XVIII | 91 |
XIX | 93 |
XX | 95 |
XXI | 99 |
XXII | 104 |
XXIII | 107 |
XXIV | 110 |
XXV | 116 |
XXVI | 124 |
XXVII | 126 |
XXVIII | 130 |
XXIX | 136 |
XXX | 139 |
XXXI | 142 |
XXXII | 147 |
XXXIII | 151 |
XXXIV | 152 |
XXXV | 154 |
XXXVI | 155 |
XXXVII | 163 |
XXXVIII | 166 |
XXXIX | 171 |
XLI | 176 |
XLII | 179 |
XLIII | 180 |
XLIV | 189 |
XLV | 194 |
XLVI | 197 |
XLVII | 201 |
XLVIII | 202 |
XLIX | 205 |
L | 208 |
LI | 212 |
LII | 213 |
LIV | 216 |
LV | 220 |
LVI | 229 |
LVIII | 232 |
LIX | 235 |
LX | 237 |
LXI | 241 |
LXII | 242 |
LXIII | 244 |
LXIV | 250 |
LXV | 252 |
LXVI | 256 |
LXVII | 259 |
LXVIII | 262 |
LXIX | 287 |
LXX | 288 |
LXXII | 291 |
LXXIII | 292 |
LXXIV | 299 |
LXXV | 300 |
LXXVI | 303 |
LXXVII | 305 |
LXXVIII | 307 |
LXXIX | 308 |
LXXX | 309 |
LXXXI | 311 |
LXXXII | 313 |
LXXXIII | 316 |
LXXXIV | 317 |
XCIII | 350 |
XCIV | 352 |
XCV | 361 |
XCVI | 368 |
XCVIII | 373 |
XCIX | 374 |
C | 377 |
CI | 379 |
CII | 381 |
CIV | 382 |
CV | 383 |
CVI | 387 |
CVII | 391 |
CVIII | 397 |
CIX | 402 |
CX | 406 |
CXI | 408 |
CXII | 410 |
CXIV | 413 |
CXV | 415 |
CXVI | 417 |
CXVII | 425 |
CXVIII | 428 |
CXIX | 430 |
CXX | 436 |
CXXI | 437 |
CXXII | 440 |
CXXIII | 454 |
CXXV | 459 |
CXXVI | 460 |
CXXVII | 463 |
CXXVIII | 467 |
CXXIX | 471 |
CXXX | 473 |
CXXXI | 477 |
CXXXII | 479 |
CXXXIII | 491 |
CXXXIV | 492 |
CXXXV | 495 |
CXXXVI | 499 |
CXXXVII | 504 |
CXXXIX | 511 |
CXL | 512 |
CXLI | 516 |
CXLII | 519 |
CXLIII | 520 |
CXLIV | 525 |
CXLV | 528 |
CXLVI | 530 |
CXLVII | 538 |
CXLVIII | 541 |
CXLIX | 545 |
CL | 565 |
CLI | 567 |
CLII | 568 |
CLIII | 570 |
CLIV | 576 |
CLV | 578 |
CLVI | 621 |
CLVII | 623 |
CLIX | 624 |
CLXII | 625 |
627 | |
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Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology: Mechanics George B. Benedek,Felix M.H. Villars No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
atoms average Bernoulli distribution binding blood blood plasma Boltzmann Boltzmann factor C₁ calculate capillary cell chemical potential coefficient collision compartments constant crystal curve defined density determine diffusion entropy equal equation experimental expression factor Figure fluctuation fluid fraction free energy Gibbs free energy given heat hemoglobin ideal gas ligand light macrostate mean number mean square mean value measured membrane molecular weight momentum mutation N₁ N₂ number of particles obtain osmotic pressure outcomes oxygen P₁ parameters permeability phase space photons physical po₂ Poisson distribution polymer pore pressure difference probability distribution proteins quantity quantum radius random walk relation represents resistant bacteria result root mean square saturation function Section solute molecules solute particles solvent statistical temperature thermal equilibrium total number V₁ vapor pressure velocity volume flow Wmax zero