2nd Edition

Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, Volume I Human Biophysical Physiology

Edited By Andrew W. Wood, Joseph Ciorciari, David Sly Copyright 2026
368 Pages 25 Color & 201 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

368 Pages 25 Color & 201 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Fully updated throughout, this second edition of Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering provides a multidisciplinary understanding of biological phenomena and the instrumentation for monitoring these phenomena. Now split into two volumes, it provides a comprehensive introduction for undergraduate courses emphasizing the application of the physical sciences to human physiology in a... Read more

1. Introduction to Physiological Systems

Dr Faith Kwa

2. Molecular Biophysics

Dr Faith Kwa

3. Membrane Biophysics

Andrew W. Wood

4. Excitability and Synapses

Andrew W. Wood & Vladimir Dubaj

5. Skeletal Muscle Biophysics

Per Line, David Sly, Vladimir Dubaj

6. Cardiac Biophysics

Andrew W. Wood

7. Rheology of Blood

Andrew W. Wood

8. The Vascular System: Blood Flow Patterns in Various Parts of the Circulation

Andrew W. Wood

9. Respiratory Biophysics

Joseph Ciorciari and Bruce R. Thompson

10. Renal Biophysics and Dialysis

Andrew W. Wood

11. The Organisation of the Human Central Nervous System

Per Line, David Sly, Vladimir Dubaj

12. The Biophysics of Sensation – General

Mark Schier and Andrew Wood

13. Vision

David P. Crewther

14. Audition and Vestibular Sense

Joseph Ciorciari and David Sly

15. Chemical Senses

John Patterson

Biography

Andrew W. Wood is an Adjunct Professor of Biophysics at Swinburne University of Technology. Dr. Wood is now retired but continues research activities through various collaborations, mostly concerning the safety of “Next G” telecommunications. His research interests include the health effects associated with nonionizing radiation, cellular neuroscience, fluorescence microscopy, and mathematical modelling.

Joseph Ciorciari is an Associate Professor of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

David Sly is a neuroscientist and Adjunct Industry Fellow at Swinburne. He is a Chief Operating Officer of Research at the Ear Science Institute Australia.