Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology

Mechanics

By: George B. Benedek, I.M. London (Foreword by), Felix M.H. Villars

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Hardcover | 1 July 2000 | Edition Number 2

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580 Pages

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A reissue of a classic book, intended for undergraduate courses in biophysics, biological physics, physiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering. This is an introduction to mechanics, with examples and problems from the medical and biological sciences, covering standard topics of kinematics, dynamics, statics, momentum, and feedback, control and stability but with the emphasis on physical and biological systems. The book can be used as a supplement to standard introductory physics courses, as well as 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 typescript, this reissue will be edited, corrected, typeset, the art redrawn, and an index added, plus a solutions manual will also be available.

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Foreword to the First Edition
Series Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments for the First Edition
Kinematics	p. 1
Motion in One Dimension: Velocity and Acceleration	p. 3
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions: Velocity and Acceleration	p. 12
Units and Conversion Factors	p. 23
Appendix to Chapter 1: Vectors	p. 23
Dynamics	p. 44
Newton's First Law: The Law of Inertia	p. 44
Newton's Second Law of Motion	p. 45
Newton's Third Law of Motion: The Law of Action and Reaction	p. 47
The Fundamental Forces of Physics	p. 48
Nonfundamental or Derived Forces	p. 56
Newton's Laws Applied to Problems in Dynamics	p. 60
Static Equilibrium and the Forces Acting on Muscles and Bone within the Human Body	p. 112
Conditions of Static Equilibrium	p. 113
Applications of Statics	p. 120
Static Equilibrium of Deformable Bodies: Stress, Strain, and Fracture	p. 155
Static Equilibrium of Fluids	p. 186
Momentum	p. 250
Momentum and the Dynamics of a System of Many Particles	p. 251
Motion of the Center of Mass of an Extended Body	p. 254
Conservation of Momentum	p. 264
Ballistocardiography	p. 271
Impulse and the Change of Momentum	p. 282
Flow of Mass and Momentum. Transport in Fluids	p. 299
Work and Energy	p. 320
Work, Kinetic Energy, and Power in One-Dimensional Motion	p. 321
Work, Energy, and Power in Three Dimensions	p. 355
The First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 384
Rotational Motion	p. 420
Feedback, Control, and Stability in Physical and Biological Systems	p. 441
A Mechanical System Under Automatic Control	p. 449
Temperature Control Using Feedback	p. 485
Control of Body Temperature	p. 504
Control of Blood Glucose Level	p. 512
Index	p. 527
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