Physics with Illustrative Examples from Medicine and Biology: Volume 2: Statistical Physics Book

	Foreword to the First Edition
	Series Preface
	Preface to the Second Edition
	Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	Acknowledgments for the First Edition
1	The Coulomb Force; Electric Field; Electrostatic Potential; Electrostatic Energy	1
1.1	Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law	1
1.2	The Electric Field	26
1.3	The Electrostatic Potential	60
1.4	Capacitors - Electrostatic Energy Storage	85
1.5	The Electrostatics of Nonconductors: Dielectrics and Electric Polarizability	95
1.6	Electrostatic Forces and Energy in Dielectric Media	139
2	Electric Currents	195
2.1	Introduction	195
2.2	Current Flow, Electrical Resistance, Ohm's Law, and the Dissipation of Electric Power	197
2.3	Conductivity of Electrolyte Solutions	208
2.4	Electrical Conductivity of Metals	226
2.5	Electrical Networks with Steady and Time-Varying Current Flow, Kirchhoff's Laws, Resistance, Capacitance, and Operational Amplifier Circuits	236
2.6	The Electrical Determination of the Capacitance and the Thickness of the Cell Membrane	310
2.7	Charge and Current Flow in Three Dimensions: The Continuity Equation and Charge Neutrality: Quasi-Stationary Flow. Application to Lightning Bolts and Current Flow in the Earth	320
2.8	Electrocardiography	331
3	Electrochemistry and Bioelectricity	381
3.1	The Diffusion of Ions and the Nernst-Planck Equation	382
3.2	Galvanic Cells; Electrodes; Electrochemical Measurements; pH Determination	423
3.3	Membrane Potentials. Biomembranes. Active Transport of Ions. Excitable Membranes and the Action Potential	467
4	Electromagnetism	549
4.1	The Magnetic Field and Magnetic Force	549
4.2	Faraday's Law of Induction	574
4.3	Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves	610
	Table of Basic Constants	653
	Table of MKSA Units	655
	Index	659