Aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students who have had a prior course in physics and calculus, this text effectively bridges the gap between introductory physics and its application to the life sciences. This third edition adds much new material, including: the circulatory system, the logistic question, countercurrent transport, nonlinear systems, image formation, and sensory transducers. Numerous problems test students' understanding, and chapters include useful bibliographies for further reading. Its minimal prerequisites and wide coverage make this book ideal for self-study, as well as a useful reference for workers in biophysics, biological physics, physiology, medical physics, cell biology, and biomedical engineering. A solutions manual is available.

This text bridges the gap between introductory physics and its application to the life sciences. There are many topics treated in this wide-ranging book. The fourth edition is updated throughout to reflect new developments; the discussion of theory is more closely linked to experiment; a discussion of stochastic processes is added; the discussions of anatomy and biology are expanded. The text includes many problems to test the student's understanding, and chapters include useful bibliographies for further reading. Its minimal prerequisites and wide coverage make it ideal for self-study, as well as a useful reference for workers in medical and biological research.

Provides an excellent background in physics for physicians, biomedical engineers, and biologists Includes a new chapter on sound and ultrasound and presents stochastic processes as an integral part of biological systems Emphasizes applications of physics to biomedicine rather than molecular biophysics Contains numerous problems and exercises for course use and as a reference for self study

Inhalt
Mechanics.- Exponential Growth and Decay.- Systems of Many Particles.- Transport in an Infinite Medium.- Transport Through Neutral Membranes.- Impulses in Nerve and Muscle Cells.- The Exterior Potential and the Electrocardiogram.- Biomagnetism.- Electricity and Magnetism at the Cellular Level.- Feedback and Control.- The Method of Least Squares and Signal Analysis.- Images.- Sound and Ultrasound.- Atoms and Light.- Interaction of Photons and Charged Particles with Matter.- Medical Use of X Rays.- Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Medicine.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.