Synopses & Reviews
"Intended for undergraduate courses in physics for students in biological physics, life sciences, biophysics, physiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering, this book is an introduction to statistical physics with examples and problems from the medical and biological sciences. Topics include the elements of the theory of probability, Poisson statistics, thermal equilibrium, entropy and free energy, and the second law of thermodynamics. This new edition of the classic set of books, originally published in 1974 from the authors' typescript, has been edited, updated, corrected, indexed, and typeset. It will satisfy the growing need for a working knowledge of the physical sciences among students and practitioners in the medical and biological sciences. The books can be used as supplements to standard introductory physics courses, as texts for medical schools, medical physics courses, and biology departments, and as a reference for practitioners. Chapters include problems and references. The authors are recognized experts in the field. Benedek was the recipient of the 1995 Irving Langmuir Prize from the American Physical Societys Division of Chemical Physics, and the 1994 Biological Physics Prize from the American Physical Society."
Synopsis
A reissue of a classic book, newly edited, corrected and typeset, with index added. This textbook for undergraduates covers the standard topics in statistical physics but with examples from the medical and biological sciences. Each of the three volumes, the others covering mechanics and electricity and magnetism, can be used independently, and together cover all major topics in physics.
Synopsis
A reissue of a classic book -- corrected, edited, typeset, redrawn, and indexed for the Biological Physics Series. Intended for undergraduate courses in biophysics, biological physics, physiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering, this is an introduction to statistical physics with examples and problems from the medical and biological sciences. Topics include the elements of the theory of probability, Poisson statistics, thermal equilibrium, entropy and free energy, and the second law of thermodynamics. It can be used as a supplement to standard introductory physics courses, and as a text for medical schools, medical physics courses, and biology departments. The three volumes combined present all the major topics in physics. These books are being reissued in response to frequent requests to satisfy the growing need among students and practitioners in the medical and biological sciences with a working knowledge of the physical sciences. The books are also in demand in physics departments either as supplements to traditional intro texts or as a main text for those departments offering courses with biological or medical physics orientation.
Table of Contents
Elements of the Theory of Probability.- Diffusion and Transport Processes.- Poisson Statistics.- Thermal Equilibrium, The Boltzmann Factor, Entropy and Free Energy, The Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Table of Important Constants.- Table of Units and Conversion Factors.