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This book describes the basic electrical properties of a variety of mammalian tissues in scientific terms that even a student who has had little formal training in the physics of electricity should find understandable. Familiarity with Ohm's Law is one of the few basic tenets of physics which a reader of this book is assumed to possess. Mathematical treatment is kept to a minimum and formal thermodynamic reasoning is avoided. Instead, reliance is placed upon intuitive ideas of energy with which any undergraduate student of biology who needs to study electric events should feel comfortable. The reader is encouraged to use a simple mathematical rules to gain insight into a wide variety of biological events. Nerves, muscles and epithelial tissues are the main foci of the book. It is the author's belief that muscles, particularly cardiac muscle, provides a useful training ground for biologists who require an understanding of electrical phenomena. The heart, therefore, was chosen for the provision of many of the illustrative examples used in this book.

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..well-organised and clearly presented...key concepts...this book would be a highly useful teaching tool. It is a useful introductory textbook for students or researchers and it should enjoy a large audience - Nancy K Wills, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch; ...a crucial area which is not covered in many areas from which investigators or students would benefit from a simple treatment of major concepts in electrophysiology. It would also be useful to postgraduates and clinical researchers in areas where it will be of value in understanding some of the important research in these areas. - Donald M Bers, Professor, Loyola University Chicago; This is an excellent teaching book...ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates trying to learn the basics of electrophysiology... - Cardiovascular Research

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