Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences

Dr Terry F. Scott, Department of Physics, University of Otago, New ZealandResearch interests include many body theory, Bose Einstein condensation and Physics Education.Assisted by: Kirsten Franklin, Paul Muir, Lara Wilcocks, Paul Yates and The Staff of the Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand.

• I Mechanics 1Chapter 1 Kinematics 3Chapter 2 Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion 17Chapter 3 Motion in a Circle 31Chapter 4 Statics 37Chapter 5 Energy 47Chapter 6 Momentum 61Chapter 7 Simple Harmonic Motion 69Chapter 8 Waves 79Chapter 9 Sound and Hearing 91II Solids and Fluids 107Chapter 10 Elasticity: Stress and Strain 109Chapter 11 Pressure 119Chapter 12 Buoyancy 133Chapter 13 Surface Tension and Capillarity 141Chapter 14 Fluid Dynamics of Non-viscous Fluids 149Chapter 15 Fluid Dynamics of Viscous Fluids 159Chapter 16 Molecular Transport Phenomena 165III Thermodynamics 171Chapter 17 Temperature and the Zeroth Law 173Chapter 18 Ideal Gases 185Chapter 19 Phase and Temperature Change 199Chapter 20 Water Vapour and the Atmosphere 213Chapter 21 Heat Transfer 227Chapter 22 Thermodynamics and the Body 239Chapter 23 Thermodynamic Processes in Ideal Gases 249Chapter 24 Heat Engines and Entropy 263Chapter 25 Energy Availability and Thermodynamic Potentials 279IV Electricity and DC Circuits 293Chapter 26 Static Electricity 295Chapter 27 Electric Force and Electric Field 301Chapter 28 Electrical Potential and Energy 311Chapter 29 Capacitance 323Chapter 30 Direct Currents and DC Circuits 333Chapter 31 Time Behaviour of RC Circuits 351V Optics 359Chapter 32 The Nature of Light 361Chapter 33 Geometric Optics 375Chapter 34 The Eye and Vision 393Chapter 35 Wave Optics 411Chapter 36 Advanced Geometric Optics 429Chapter 37 Optical Instruments 449Chapter 38 Atoms and Atomic Physics 463Chapter 39 The Nucleus and Nuclear Physics 475Chapter 40 Production of Ionising Radiation 485Chapter 41 Interactions of Ionising Radiation 499Chapter 42 Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation 509Chapter 43 Medical Imaging 519Chapter 44 Magnetism and MRI 525Appendices 550Appendix A Physical Constants 551Appendix B Basic Maths and Science Skills 553Appendix C Answers to Odd Numbered Problems 565Selected Further Reading 576Index 579