Physics for Health Science Majors
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 293
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Physics for Health Science Majors invites readers to explore physics in light of its applications in health sciences. It is designed for students who are majoring in health science, with an aim of giving them the right skillset to understand fundamental physics concepts and principles that they will need for their future line of work. The book covers classical mechanics all the way to modern physics, with illustrations and examples geared toward activities related to health sciences and instruments used in the medical field.
Chapter 1 Introduction and Math Review
Chapter 2 Displacement versus Distance
Chapter 3 Kinematics
Chapter 4 Free Fall and Projectile Motion
Chapter 5 Newton’s Laws of Motion and Applications
Chapter 6 Work and Conservation of Energy
Chapter 7 Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 8 Circular Motion and Rotational Motion
Chapter 9 Equilibrium and Torque
Chapter 10 Thermal Properties of Matter
Chapter 11 Fluids
Chapter 12 Wave Motion
Chapter 13 Sound
Chapter 14 Properties of Light
Chapter 15 Image Formation in Mirrors
Chapter 16 Light and Optics: Lenses
Chapter 17 Electric Fields and Forces
Chapter 18 Electric Current and Resistance
Chapter 19 Basic Circuit Theory
Chapter 20 Capacitors
Chapter 21 Magnetism
Chapter 22 Introduction to Modern Physics
Dr. Dickerson Moreno is a quality leader for nuclear, health and aerospace automation at Par Systems (St Paul, MN). He finished his PhD in Nuclear Engineering/Medical Physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia under a Fulbright Fellowship and completed his medical physics residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital. He completed a post-doctoral degree in International Security at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia as a Senator Sam Nunn Fellow and was also an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellow for the World Nuclear University based in London, England. Dr. Moreno has taught medical physics, radiation physics, engineering physics and health science physics at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY), Concordia University St. Paul (St. Paul, MN) and De La Salle University (Manila, Philippines).
Physics for Health Science Majors invites readers to explore physics in light of its applications in health sciences. It is designed for students who are majoring in health science, with an aim of giving them the right skillset to understand fundamental physics concepts and principles that they will need for their future line of work. The book covers classical mechanics all the way to modern physics, with illustrations and examples geared toward activities related to health sciences and instruments used in the medical field.
Chapter 1 Introduction and Math Review
Chapter 2 Displacement versus Distance
Chapter 3 Kinematics
Chapter 4 Free Fall and Projectile Motion
Chapter 5 Newton’s Laws of Motion and Applications
Chapter 6 Work and Conservation of Energy
Chapter 7 Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 8 Circular Motion and Rotational Motion
Chapter 9 Equilibrium and Torque
Chapter 10 Thermal Properties of Matter
Chapter 11 Fluids
Chapter 12 Wave Motion
Chapter 13 Sound
Chapter 14 Properties of Light
Chapter 15 Image Formation in Mirrors
Chapter 16 Light and Optics: Lenses
Chapter 17 Electric Fields and Forces
Chapter 18 Electric Current and Resistance
Chapter 19 Basic Circuit Theory
Chapter 20 Capacitors
Chapter 21 Magnetism
Chapter 22 Introduction to Modern Physics
Dr. Dickerson Moreno is a quality leader for nuclear, health and aerospace automation at Par Systems (St Paul, MN). He finished his PhD in Nuclear Engineering/Medical Physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia under a Fulbright Fellowship and completed his medical physics residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital. He completed a post-doctoral degree in International Security at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia as a Senator Sam Nunn Fellow and was also an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellow for the World Nuclear University based in London, England. Dr. Moreno has taught medical physics, radiation physics, engineering physics and health science physics at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY), Concordia University St. Paul (St. Paul, MN) and De La Salle University (Manila, Philippines).