TY  - BOOK
AU  - Presley,Tennille D.
ED  - Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
ED  - Institute of Physics (Great Britain),
TI  - Biophysics of the senses
T2  - IOP concise physics,
SN  - 9781681741116
U1  - 612.8084/6 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
PB  - IOP Publishing
KW  - Senses and sensation
KW  - Biophysics
N1  - "Version: 20161201"--Title page verso; "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso; Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 13, 2017); Includes bibliographical references; Preface -- 1. Units : the essential tools to all understanding -- 1.1. What are units and why are they important? -- 1.2. Unit conversions; 2. Mechanics of the body -- 2.1. What is mechanics? -- 2.2. Speed, velocity, and acceleration -- 2.3. Newton's law of motion -- 2.4. Bodily movements; 3. How physics generates order in the body? -- 3.1. Bodily order -- 3.2. Work, energy, and power -- 3.3. Thermodynamics -- 3.4. Metabolism -- 3.5. Pressure; 4. Electrical properties of the body -- 4.1. Atoms and electricity -- 4.2. Electric force, electric field, and electric potential -- 4.3. Current, voltage, and power -- 4.4. Magnetism -- 4.5. Capacitance; 5. Free radicals -- 5.1. What is a free radical? -- 5.2. Types of free radicals -- 5.3. Interrelationships of radicals -- 5.4. Antioxidants -- 5.5. Ways to measure free radicals; 6. Cardiac conductivity -- 6.1. Machinery of the heart and blood flow -- 6.2. Membrane potential -- 6.3. Electrocardiogram and echocardiogram -- 6.4. Cardiac abnormalities; 7. The human mind -- 7.1. What is a neuron? -- 7.2. Nerve impulses -- 7.3. Quantum mechanics -- 7.4. Cognition and neurological disorders -- 7.5. Networks and regulatory control; 8. Physics of nutrition, exercise, and disease -- 8.1. Physics of a healthy diet--sense of taste -- 8.2. Exercise -- 8.3. Impact of disease -- Appendix
N2  - Biophysics of the Senses connects fundamental properties of physics to biological systems, relating them directly to the human body. It includes discussions of the role of charges and free radicals in disease and homeostasis, how aspects of mechanics impact normal body functions, human bioelectricity and circuitry, forces within the body, and biophysical sensory mechanisms. This is an exciting view of how sensory aspects of biophysics are utilized in everyday life for students who are curious but struggle with the connection between biology and physics
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