The Physics of Physiology: A Mathematics and Physics Primer for Physiologists
Peter Hunter
Sep 2025 · Academic Press
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300
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About this ebook
The Physics of Physiology provides a fundamental overview on the concepts and methodologies necessary for understanding physiology and the link between physical laws and physiological regulation. The book uses bond graph theory, providing a generic framework for tracking the energy flow across multiple physical processes. This unified perspective allows the reader a deep understanding of physiology, which is instrumental for bringing physiology back on the center stage of biological research. This book is published as part of the Fundamentals of Physiology series, in association with the International Union of Physiological Sciences, for biomedical scientists, physiologists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, and related fields. • Presents math and physics in the context of physiological applications • Uses a consistent energy-based framework for understanding all physiological mechanisms • Written by a top global leader in the field
About the author
As the recent co-Chair of the Physiome Committee of the International Union of Physiological Sciences, Prof Hunter has helped lead the international Physiome Project, which aims to develop model and data encoding standards, for understanding the integrated physiological function of the body in terms of the structure and function of tissues, cells, and proteins. Currently Professor of Engineering Science and Director of the Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland, co-Director of Computational Physiology at Oxford University and holds honorary/visiting Professorships at a number of universities around the world. He's on scientific advisory boards of a number of Research Institutes in Europe, the US, and the Asia-Pacific region. He's also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society, the World Council for Biomechanics, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Int'l Academy of Medical & Biological Engineering and recently President of the Physiological Society of New Zealand.
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