This classic book is accepted internationally as the standard treatment of the mechanical properties of biological fluids, solids, tissues and organs. It is used widely as both a reference and textbook in this rapidly-growing field. Biomechanics presents a general outline of the discipline, with applications to bioengineering, physiology, medicine and surgery. The second edition reflects the broad advances that have been made in this field during the past decade, and adds numerous new topics. References have been brought up to date, and the widely-praised emphasis on formulating and solving problems has been strengthened with numerous new problems.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
 Sell Back Your Copy for $9.42
Whether you buy it used on Amazon for $44.13 or somewhere else, you can sell it back through our Book Trade-In Program at the current price of $9.42.
Used Price$44.13
Trade-in Price$9.42
Price after
Trade-in$34.71 |
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the Best,
This review is from: Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues (Hardcover)
Fung takes a continuum mechanics approach to the principles that underly the human body. All of the ideas in the text are backed up with solid research and easy to understand equations, as well as text descriptions. Fung is also responsible for researching many of the ideas of biomechanics, and so, the text takes on a personal view not found in other books. All in all, the best book out there for introductory biomechanics, but one that you will use for the rest of your life.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Masterpiece in Biomechanics!,
By
This review is from: Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues (Hardcover)
What I would say is not a comprehensive review of what the great book talks, but just telling you a truth: if you have engineering and mathamatics background and wanna combine your background to do research in physiology, Fung's book is absolutely a must-buy. This book is profound, but it is actually rooted in nearly all fields of biomechanics research. It is a conclusion for biomechanics research till 1980's; also this book is a truly great reference for all current researchers who are interested in biomedical research in point of view of a mathamatician and engineer.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Bible,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues (Hardcover)
Professor Fung is considered the father of bioengineering and founder of biomechanics.
Winner of Timoshenko and Poiseulle medals he's an Engineer that started to study physiology when his mother was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1957. I am trained as a Medical Doctor and Molecular Biologist but being the son of a Professor of Civil Engineering made me understand the importance that structural engineering has in Medicine and Biology. Now I am interested in nuclear matrix and lamins(as they are connected to aging phenomena) so I am training myself in Biomechanics, and I found that this book is the strating point. I recommend this book to all Structural Engineers,Biomedical Engineers, MDs and Cellular and Molecular Biologists that want to understand this field.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Biomechanics is mechanics applied to biology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upper cell membrane, reservoir hematocrit, tetanized condition, reduced relaxation function, zero stress state, normalized relaxation function, circumferential segments, maximum active tension, alveolar sheet, tube hematocrit, cell membrane thickness, continuous relaxation spectrum, aortic tree, circular cylindrical tube, principal stretch ratios, rectangular cartesian frame, triphasic theory, rabbit papillary muscle, incremental law, pinnate arrangement, series elastic element, taenia coli, elastic chamber, average hematocrit, interalveolar septa Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Circulation Res, Englewood Cliffs, First Course, Remodeling of Blood Vessels, American Physiological Society, Academic Press, San Diego, Cell Biol, Fluid Mech, Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Oxford University Press, University of California, Boca Raton, Dover Publications, William Harvey, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Thomas Young, University Park Press, Acta Physiol, Alan Liss, Combining Eqs, Lord Kelvin, Otto Frank New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Biomechanics is mechanics applied to biology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upper cell membrane, reservoir hematocrit, tetanized condition, reduced relaxation function, zero stress state, normalized relaxation function, circumferential segments, maximum active tension, alveolar sheet, tube hematocrit, cell membrane thickness, continuous relaxation spectrum, aortic tree, circular cylindrical tube, principal stretch ratios, rectangular cartesian frame, triphasic theory, rabbit papillary muscle, incremental law, pinnate arrangement, series elastic element, taenia coli, elastic chamber, average hematocrit, interalveolar septa Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Circulation Res, Englewood Cliffs, First Course, Remodeling of Blood Vessels, American Physiological Society, Academic Press, San Diego, Cell Biol, Fluid Mech, Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Oxford University Press, University of California, Boca Raton, Dover Publications, William Harvey, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Thomas Young, University Park Press, Acta Physiol, Alan Liss, Combining Eqs, Lord Kelvin, Otto Frank New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 46
books:
See all 46 books this book cites
- Foundations of Solid Mechanics (International Series in Dynamics) by Y. C. Fung on 6 pages
- First Course in Continuum Mechanics (3rd Edition) by Y.C. Fung on 5 pages
- A First Course in Continuum Mechanics by Yuan-Cheng Fung on 5 pages
- Handbook of Bioengineering by Richard Skalak on page 535, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Mechano-Biology, 3rd ed. by Van C. Mow on page 22, page 536, and Back Matter
See all 46 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
So You'd Like to...
|
|
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Physiology
- Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Prosthesis
- Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Surgery
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Engineering
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Basic Sciences > Physiology
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Biotechnology
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Biology
- Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering
- Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology
- Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Biophysics
- Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Biotechnology
