Physical Aspects of the Human Body (De Gruyter STEM) - Softcover

Hartmut Zabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110756919 ISBN 13: 9783110756913

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2023

Synopsis

The updated edition of the first of three volumes on Medical Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action potentials. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic features, the introductory text into the broad field of medical physics is easy to understand and supports self-study.

New: highlighted boxes emphasize special topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence, and exercises. The appendix contains answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

About this title

About the Author

Hartmut Zabel is Emeritus of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, an honorary doctor of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Mainz.

From the Back Cover

The updated edition of the first volume of Medical Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action potential. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic features, the introductory text into the broad field of medical physics is easy to read and supports self-study.

New: marked boxes highlight special topics; mathematics boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence, and exercises. The appendix contains answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110756919
• ISBN 13: 9783110756913
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 420