Biophysics of the Senses / Tennille D. Presley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Presley, Tennille D., 1980- author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP expanding physics.

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sensation physiology.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Tennille D. Presley, PhD is a tenured Associate Professor of Physics at Winston Salem State University (WSSU). She has been the recipient of numerous external and internal grants and awards including the Research Initiation Program for two years, the Preparing Critical Faculty for the Future Program Grant funded by the National Science Foundation and the Co-Director for the Provost's Scholars Science Immersion Program.

Summary:

Biophysics of the Senses (Second Edition) 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. Updates to the first edition include two new chapters covering the mechanics of sound and hearing and power tools.

Contents:

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 laws 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

9. Music's influence on physics and the body

9.1. History of sound and the science of music

9.2. Mechanics of music and cellular effects

9.3. Frequency, waves and vibrations

9.4. Beats, resonance and the Doppler effect

9.5. Musical impact on disease

10. Power tools and the body

10.1. The power tools that are useful for everyday life

10.2. Internal tools that 'power' the body.

Notes:

"Version: 20210204"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780750332828

0750332824

9780750332835

0750332832

OCLC:

1251848170