A reissue of a classic book, newly edited, corrected and typeset, with index added. This textbook for undergraduates covers the standard topics in mechanics but with examples from the medical and biological sciences. Each of the three volumes, the others covering statistical physics and electricity and magnetism, can be used independently, and together cover all major topics in physics.

Zusammenfassung
A reissue of a classic book, intended for undergraduate courses in biophysics, biological physics, physiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering. 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.

Inhalt
1 Kinematics.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Motion in One Dimension: Velocity and Acceleration.- 1.3 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions: Velocity and Acceleration.- 1.4 Units and Conversion Factors.- 1.5 References and Supplementary Reading.- 1.6 Problems.- 2 Dynamics.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Newton's First Law: The Law of Inertia.- 2.3 Newton's Second Law of Motion.- 2.4 Newton's Third Law of Motion: The Law of Action and Reaction.- 2.5 The Fundamental Forces of Physics.- 2.6 Nonfundamental or Derived Forces.- 2.7 Newton's Laws Applied to Problems in Dynamics.- 2.8 References and Supplementary Reading.- 2.9 Problems.- 3 Static Equilibrium and the Forces Acting on Muscles and Bone within the Human Body.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Conditions of Static Equilibrium.- 3.3 Applications of Statics.- 3.4 Static Equilibrium of Deformable Bodies: Stress, Strain, and Fracture.- 3.5 Static Equilibrium of Fluids.- 3.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 3.7 Problems.- 4 Momentum.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Momentum and the Dynamics of a System of Many Particles.- 4.3 Motion of the Center of Mass of an Extended Body.- 4.4 Conservation of Momentum.- 4.5 Ballistocardiography.- 4.6 Impulse and the Change of Momentum.- 4.7 Flow of Mass and Momentum. Transport in Fluids.- 4.8 References and Supplementary Reading.- 4.9 Problems.- 5 Work and Energy.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Work, Kinetic Energy, and Power in One-Dimensional Motion.- 5.2.H. Units and Conversion Factors.- 5.3 Work, Energy, and Power in Three Dimensions.- 5.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics.- 5.5 Rotational Motion.- 5.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 5.7 Problems.- 6 Feedback, Control, and Stability in Physical and Biological Systems.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.3 Temperature Control Using Feedback.- 6.4 Control of BodyTemperature.- 6.5 Control of Blood Glucose Level.- 6.6 References and Supplementary Reading.- 6.7 Problems.