Physiology by Numbers: An Encouragement to Quantitative Thinking

by Richard F. Burton and Richard Francis Burton

Book Overview

Thinking quantitatively about physiology is difficult for many students. However, it is fundamentally important for students to gain a proper understanding of many of the concepts involved. In this enlarged second edition of his popular textbook, Richard Burton gives the reader an opportunity to develop a feel for values such as ion concentrations, lung and fluid volumes, and blood pressures through the use of calculations requiring little more than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521772001
• ISBN13: 9780521772006
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"