Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology - Russell K. Hobbie & Bradley J. Roth
Preface
From the Preface to the Third Edition, by Russell K.
Hobbie:
Between 1971 and 1973 I audited all the
courses medical students take in their first two
years at the University of Minnesota. I was
amazed at the amount of physics I found in these
courses and how little of it is discussed in the
general physics course.
I found a great discrepancy between the
physics in some papers in the biological research
literature and what I knew to be the level of understanding
of most biology majors or premed
students who have taken a year of physics. It was
clear that an intermediate-level physics course
would help these students. It would provide the
physics they need and would relate it directly to
the biological problems where it is useful.
This book is the result of my having taught
such a course since 1973. It is intended to serve
as a text for an intermediate course taught in
a physics department and taken by a variety of
majors. Since its primary content is physics, I
hope that physics faculty who might shy away
from teaching a conventional biophysics course
will consider teaching it. I also hope that research
workers in biology and medicine will find
it a useful reference to brush up on the physics
they need or to find a few pointers to the current
literature in a number of areas of biophysics.
(The bibliography in each chapter is
by no means exhaustive; however, the references
should lead you quickly into a field.) The course
offered at the University of Minnesota is taken
by undergraduates in a number of majors who
want to see more physics with biological applications
and by graduate students in physics, bio-
physical sciences, biomedical engineering, physiology,
and cell biology.
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Preface
From the Preface to the Third Edition, by Russell K.
Hobbie:
Between 1971 and 1973 I audited all the
courses medical students take in their first two
years at the University of Minnesota. I was
amazed at the amount of physics I found in these
courses and how little of it is discussed in the
general physics course.
I found a great discrepancy between the
physics in some papers in the biological research
literature and what I knew to be the level of understanding
of most biology majors or premed
students who have taken a year of physics. It was
clear that an intermediate-level physics course
would help these students. It would provide the
physics they need and would relate it directly to
the biological problems where it is useful.
This book is the result of my having taught
such a course since 1973. It is intended to serve
as a text for an intermediate course taught in
a physics department and taken by a variety of
majors. Since its primary content is physics, I
hope that physics faculty who might shy away
from teaching a conventional biophysics course
will consider teaching it. I also hope that research
workers in biology and medicine will find
it a useful reference to brush up on the physics
they need or to find a few pointers to the current
literature in a number of areas of biophysics.
(The bibliography in each chapter is
by no means exhaustive; however, the references
should lead you quickly into a field.) The course
offered at the University of Minnesota is taken
by undergraduates in a number of majors who
want to see more physics with biological applications
and by graduate students in physics, bio-
physical sciences, biomedical engineering, physiology,
and cell biology.
Download
http://s18.alxa.net/s18/srvs2/02/003...ley.J.Roth.rar