Medical Physics
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The importance of physics and chemistry in biology is well established. However, many biologists and workers in experimental medicine are limited in the knowledge and understanding of these subjects in relation to their sciences. Probably one reason for this difficulty is seen in the wide distribution of such work in the literature. Further, terminology and mathematical concepts are frequently confusing to one not trained in thinking in terms of physics and chemistry. In this volume, Medical Physics, Doctor Glasser and the associate editors have done a remarkable piece of work both in selecting material and in presenting it in a form understandable to the research worker in biology and medicine. While the contents of the book are arranged in an encyclopedic manner, there are extensive subject and author indices. The material is written by 251 contributors, each an authority in his respective field. Topics discussed range from air conditioning, aviation physiology, and the betatron, to the physics of the gastroscope, a description of Geiger counters, and a discussion of genetics, and finally to a consideration of the physics of urology, viruses, and vision. One is repeatedly impressed by the fact that references and bibliographies following each article include some papers published as recently as 1942 and even 1943. For one engaged in experimental medicine, this book will prove invaluable. The present publication offers much more than a convenient summary of available laboratory methods in protozoology. It is even more valuable for its critical appraisal of procedures, which places at the disposal of the reader a sound basis for discrimination between a wide array of technics. The author has for many years been an outstanding pioneer in protozoology, and his
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1944