Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach

By Robert Plonsey and Roger C. Barr

Book Overview

This new edition of the classic introductory text to bioelectricity (electrophysiology) is aimed at biomedical engineering students. It expands on the developments since the successful last edition. The book is authored by two eminent biomedical engineering professors at Duke University who discuss many topics that are central to biophysics and bioengineering and the quantitative methods employed. In addition, this classic text will be complemented by a Bioelectricity Solutions Manual, sure to aid the speed and assimilation of the "Teaching Text" material to the new Biomedical Engineering student. In the first edition of Bioelectricity, Plonsey and Barr provided an introduction to electrophysiology following a quantitative approach. In the second edition they address new discoveries in the field of ion channels and provide an introduction to electrophysiology utilizing a quantitative approach.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387488642
• ISBN13: 9780387488646
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A classic text in the field of bioengineering.

Begins with the necessary physics and vector calculus. Steps logically and clearly through the physics of diffusing ions in solution separated by membranes. Presents classic Hodgkin-Huxley formulation and develops analytic and computer models of excitable axon. Covers basics of ECG and heart vector rotation. All exercises in the book focus on extension of topics and experimentation. Written for the engineer/scientist at the senior undergrad level.