DocumentCode
1033365
Title
Engineering contributions to the life sciences
Author
Geddes, L.A.
Volume
25
Issue
4
fYear
2006
Firstpage
88
Lastpage
91
Abstract
This paper discusses the contributions that physicians have made to the physical sciences. Some of the physicians mentioned by the author are William Gilbert who gave the first accurate treatise on magnetism, Thomas Young who gave us Young´s modulus was also the first to discover the interference of light waves, Luigi Galvani who started the study on current electricity and bioelectricity, and Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille who was first to measure aortic pressure in dogs using a mercury U-tube manometer
Keywords
Young´s modulus; bioelectric phenomena; blood pressure measurement; electric current; light interference; magnetism; Young modulus; aortic pressure; bioelectricity; current electricity; engineering contributions; life sciences; light wave interference; magnetism; mercury U-tube manometer; physical sciences; physicians; Biochemistry; Biomedical engineering; Biophysics; Chemistry; Diseases; Earth; Engineering in medicine and biology; Organisms; Physics; Telescopes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0739-5175
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MEMB.2006.1657796
Filename
1657796
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