UID:
almahu_9949697724902882
Format:
1 online resource (259 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-01972-0
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9786611019723
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0-08-050013-7
Series Statement:
Series in polymers, interfaces, and biomaterials
Content:
Biology in Physics is a radical new book which bridges the gap between biology and physics. The aim is to promote an interdisciplinary exchange of scientific information and ideas, in order to stimulate cooperation in research. The scope of this volume explores both the concepts and techniques of biophysics and illustrates the latest advances in our understanding of many of the specific mechanisms that are used by living organisms. This volume represents a special effort to bring together the information that would allow a nonbiologically oriented physicist to appreciate the important r
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Biology in Physics: Is Life Matter?; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Electricity Inside Us; Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta; Cell Membrane: Lipid Bilayer and Ionic Channels; Resting Potential; Action Potential; Nerve Impulse Propagation; Nodes of Ranvier; A Menu for a Person Condemned to Death; Living Electricity Around Us; Electrical Compass; Electricity in Plants; Chapter 2. Heart Pulse; Arteries, Blood, and Erythrocytes; Velocity of Pulse Wave; Reflection of Pulse Waves; Equilibrium of the Blood Vessel Wall. Aneurysm
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Murray's LawBlood Circulation in Giraffe and Space Medicine; How Blood Pressure and Blood Flow are Measured; Blood Color and the Law of the Conservation of Energy; Chapter 3. Crocodile Tears and Other Liquids; Water in Us; Amazing Filter; Cryobiology and Biological Antifreezes; Chapter 4. Inhale Deeper; Breathing and Soap Bubbles; It's Not So Simple; Exceptions to the Rule; Countercurrent: Cheap and Effective; Diving; High Frequency Ventilation and Einstein's Formula; The Physics of Cough; Chapter 5. Hunt for Cells in an Electric Field; Principles of Dielectrophoresis
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Cell ID in an Alternating Electric FieldCell Separation Using Traveling-Wave Dielectrophoresis; Electroporation of Cell Membrances; Chapter 6. How Nature Listens; Let's Recall the Basics of Acoustics; The Ear in Brief; The Middle Ear; Cochlear Amplifier; Otoacoustic Emissions, or Ear Sounds; What is a Cochlear Implant?; Sound Localization; Echolocation; Chapter 7. Bone; Composite Structure of Bone; Compact versus Spongy Bone; Bone Strength; Osteoporosis; Wolff's Law and Bone Remodeling; Karate Mechanics in Short; Leg Tendons-Living Springs; Chapter 8. Optics of the Eye
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Photoreceptors and Visual PigmentsTapetum-Living Mirror; Infrared Vision; Compound Eyes; How Ommatidia Help One Another; Microvilli See Polarized Light; Animal Maps; Chapter 9. Magnetic Sense; On a Wing and a Vector; Magnetites Inside Us; Basics of Magnetic Orientaion; Paleomagnetism and Magnetotactic Bacteria; Chapter 10. Optima for Animals: from Mouse to Elephant; Body Mass and Lifestyle; Allometry of a Skeleton; Stepping Frequency and Gaits; Jumping Performance and Body Mass; Shark and Mackerel; Carrying Loads on the Head; Breating-Tuned Oscillator; Energy and Body Mass; Living Wheel?
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ReferencesIndex
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-109840-0
Language:
English
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