Introduction to Bioengineering

by W. Goldsmith, E. R. Lewis, S.A. Berger

Book Overview

Bioengineering in this book is taken to be the application of the concepts and methods of the physical sciences and mathematics in an engineering approach to problems in the life sciences. The aim of such studies is to understand the physical process and engineering aspects of a system's performance both under normal and abnormal conditions, and to design and use diagnostic or artificial devices meant to measure, improve, safeguard, or replace life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019856516X
• ISBN13: 9780198565161
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.9"