Jay Newman

Physics of the Life Sciences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Each chapter has three types of learning aides for students: open-ended questions, multiple-choice questions, and quantitative problems. There is an average of about 50 per chapter. There are also a number of worked examples in the chapters, averaging over 5 per chapter, and almost 600 photos and line drawings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 10949603, 978-0-387-77258-5
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 740
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 215mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 2386g
• ISBN-13: 9780387772585
• ISBN-10: 0387772588
• Artikelnr.: 23346744

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Newton s Laws of Motion for a Particle Moving in One-Dimension.- Applications of Newton s Laws of Motion in One-Dimension.- Work and Energy in One-Dimension.- Motion, Forces and Energy in More than One-Dimension.- Momentum.- Rotational Motion.- Ideal Fluids.- Viscous Fluids.- Waves and Resonance.- Sound.- Temperature and Heat.- Thermodynamics: Beyond the First Law.- Electric Forces and Fields.- Electric Energy and Potential.- Electric Current and Cell Membranes.- Magnetic Fields.- Electromagnetic Induction and Radiation.- Electromagnetic Waves.- Geometrical Optics.- Optical Lenses and Devices.- Wave Optics.- Imaging Using Wave Optics.- Special Relativity and Quantum Physics.- The Structure of Matter.- Nuclear Physics and Medical Applications.- Appendix I Review of Mathematics. Appendix II Table of the Elements. Appendix III - Answers to Odd-Numbered Multiple Choice and Problems.