Jamie Davies

Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction

Sprecher: Mann, Bruce

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: TANTOR AUDIO
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 259 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798200779994
• Artikelnr.: 63989937

Autorenporträt

Jamie A. Davies is Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. He has published 10 books, including Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2018), and Life Unfolding, (OUP, 2014), and over 200 research papers on the cellular mechanisms that create and maintain the bodies of humans and higher animals. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Human physiology: what it is and how it is done
2: Energy: food, oxygen, blood, heat, waste
3: Homeostasis: the stability of the internal environment
4: Sensation
5: Reacting and thinking
6: From thought to action
7: Defence
8: Reproduction
9: Concluding remarks
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