 | Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, 4th Edition (Biological and Medical Physics: Biomedical Engineering) by Russell K. Hobbie
Buy new: $63.87 / Used from: $58.83 All the books listed below are cited in the 4th Edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, written by Russ Hobbie and me.
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![Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables [Applied Mathematics Series 55]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gJxuCCKuL._SL75_.jpg) | Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables [Applied Mathematics Series 55] by Irene A. Stegun
Buy used from: $8.28 A math handbook that has everything you'll ever need to know.
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 | The 2nd Law: Energy, Chaos, and Form (Scientific American Library Paperback) by P. W. Atkins
Buy used from: $7.00 I love this coffee table book about the second law of thermodynamics. A painless way to introduce yourself to the subject.
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 | Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry by Frank Herbert Attix
Buy new: $180.97 / Used from: $129.93 Classic in the Medical Physics field.
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 | The Essential Exponential! (For the Future of Our Planet) by Albert A. Bartlett
Buy used from: $118.54 This book explains why we devoted an entire chapter of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology to the exponential function.
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 | Physics With Illustrative Examples from Medicine and Biology: Mechanics (Second Edition) by George B. Benedek
Buy new: $110.16 / Used from: $68.98 A classic textbook.
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 | Physics With Illustrative Examples from Medicine and Biology: Electricity and Magnetism (Second Edition) by George B. Benedek
Buy new: $102.77 / Used from: $52.98 The second edition of the book has much the same content as the first, but the quality of the printing and illustrations is vastly improved.
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 | Physics with Illustrative Examples from Medicine and Biology: Statistical Physics (Second Edition) by George B. Benedek
Buy new: $118.55 / Used from: $35.89 Benedek and Villars were pioneers in biological and medical physics textbooks.
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 | Random Walks in Biology by Howard C. Berg
Buy new: $29.75 / Used from: $18.97 The best book about the role of diffusion in biology that I know of.
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 | Foundations of Medical Imaging by Z. H. Cho
Buy new: $137.86 / Used from: $70.00 Fine book to study imaging algorithms.
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| Introduction to Membrane Noise by Louis J. Defelice
Buy used from: $211.16 Great book on a little-known topic.
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 | Air and Water by Mark Denny
Buy new: $69.00 / Used from: $57.03 One of my favorites. Written by a physiologist with an interest in physics (as opposed to Hobbie and I, who are physicists interested in physiology).
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 | Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles by Robert Eisberg
Buy new: $135.96 / Used from: $53.94 My favorite modern physics textbook.
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 | The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 volume set) (Set v) by Richard Phillips Feynman
Buy new: $63.69 / Used from: $53.90 What physics list could be complete without Feynman?
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 | From Clocks to Chaos by Leon Glass
Buy new: $52.00 / Used from: $2.44 Excellent book to learn the biological and medical applications of chaos.
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 | The Machinery of Life by David S. Goodsell
Buy new: $17.12 / Used from: $2.99 Wonderful picture book. Great way to visualize the relative sizes of biological objects.
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 | Bioelectricity and Biomagnetism by Ramesh M. Gulrajani
Buy new: $315.00 / Used from: $350.71 Good, thick tome on bioelectricity.
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 | Textbook of Medical Physiology by Arthur C. Guyton; John E. Hall
Buy used from: $70.00 The classic physiology textbook.
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 | Radiobiology for the Radiologist by Eric J Hall
Buy new: $90.50 / Used from: $58.30 Great place to learn about the biological effects of radiation.
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 | Medical Imaging Physics by William R. Hendee
Buy new: $159.10 / Used from: $140.95 Standard textbook in medical physics. Hendee is a pioneer in the field.
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 | Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes (3rd Edition) by Bertil Hille
Buy new: $89.21 / Used from: $65.99 The bible for information about ion channels.
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 | Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care by Kirk Jeffrey
Buy new: $47.55 / Used from: $29.94 Learn about the history of pacemakers and defibrillators.
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 | The Physics of Radiation Therapy by Faiz M Khan
Buy used from: $2.99 The place to go to learn about radiation therapy.
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 | Bioelectromagnetism: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields by Jaakko Malmivuo
Buy new: $106.11 / Used from: $85.56 Fine textbook on bioelectricity.
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 | Powers of Ten (Revised) (Scientific American Library Paperback) by Philip Morrison
Buy used from: $24.00 Classic work describing how the world looks at different length scales. Required reading by anyone interested in science.
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 | Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG by Paul L. Nunez
Buy new: $98.40 / Used from: $59.55 Great way to learn about the physics of the electroencephalogram.
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 | Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach by Robert Plonsey
Buy new: $51.00 / Used from: $50.98 Standard textbook for a class in bioelectricity.
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 | Numerical Recipes 3rd Edition: The Art of Scientific Computing by William H. Press
Buy new: $55.35 / Used from: $52.92 My go-to book on numerical methods.
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 | Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. II by Edward M. Purcell
Buy used from: $74.75 Best introduction to electricity and magnetism I know. Part of the great Berkeley Physics Course.
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| Statistical Physics: Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 5 by F. Reif
Buy used from: $40.00 Great intuitive introduction to statistical mechanics. Part of the Berkeley Physics Course.
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 | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by H. M. Schey
Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $28.99 Need a little review of vector calculus? This is the place to find it.
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 | Scaling: Why is Animal Size so Important? by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Buy new: $30.60 / Used from: $18.34 Great book on biological scaling.
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 | How Animals Work by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
Buy new: $31.17 / Used from: $0.01 Great physiology book. Quirky, but fun.
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 | Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in nonlinearity) by Steven H. Strogatz
Buy used from: $36.62 Best book for a first course in nonlinear dynamics.
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 | Life in Moving Fluids by Steven Vogel
Buy new: $50.39 / Used from: $27.83 Best book I know of on biological fluid dynamics. Not too mathematical, but full of insight. I recommend all of Vogel's books.
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 | Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems by Steven Vogel
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $3.78 Great for understanding the fluid dynamics of the circulatory system.
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 | Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability (Science Study Series.) by Warren Weaver
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $1.57 I often find probability theory boring, but not this book. An oldie but goodie.
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 | The Geometry of Biological Time by Arthur T. Winfree
Buy new: $81.49 / Used from: $70.75 Classic by Art Winfree, who was a leading mathematical biologists. Be sure to get the 2nd edition.
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| When Time Breaks Down: The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Electrochemical Waves and Cardiac Arrhythmias by Arthur T. Winfree
Buy used from: $49.50 Winfree's classic on the nonlinear dynamics of the heart.
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 | Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside by Douglas Zipes
Buy used from: $229.00 Comprehensive reference on cardiac electrophysiology.
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