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Biomechanics: Circulation Second Edition 1997 Edition
Author(s): Y.C. Fung (Author)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: December 3, 2010
- Edition: Second Edition 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 590 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441928421
- ISBN-13: 9781441928429
Book Description
Biomechanics: Circulation continues Y.C. Fung’s acclaimed discussion of physiology, presenting the mechanical aspects of circulation in terms as precise as those of physics. Fung uses a mathematical approach to formulate problems in experimental exploration, data collection, model experiments, in vivo observations, and theoretical ideas. This book discusses the physics of the heart, arteries, veins, microcirculation, and pulmonary blood flow, with a focus on the coupling of fluids and solids in these organs. The second edition adds new chapters on coronary blood flow and blood flow in skeletal muscle.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Fung has made substantial contributions as a researcher to the underlying material represented here.In the preface, the author indicates his hope that an instructor, using this book as a course textbook, will both teach ‘an essential branch of this life science’and provide the student with a background in machanics. To this end, he succeeds.” Quarterly Review of Biology
