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Informationen zum Autor Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a British explorer, linguist, writer, and diplomat, celebrated for his vast contributions to geography, anthropology, and literature. Known for his linguistic prowess, Burton spoke 29 languages and used this skill during his groundbreaking explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Among his many achievements, Burton is best known for traveling to Mecca in disguise, becoming one of the first Europeans to witness the Islamic pilgrimage; for translating One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) and the Kama Sutra into English; and for his pioneering African expeditions, where he and John Hanning Speke became the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes and search for the source of the Nile. Burton's book Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo is a detailed account of his explorations in Central Africa, where he documented local tribes, wildlife, and landscapes. His extensive writings, often critical of colonial policies, are filled with insightful footnotes and appendices that provide deep cultural and social commentary. Throughout his life, Burton remained a fierce critic of colonialism while continuing to offer rich, erudite contributions to the understanding of global cultures. Klappentext Thinking quantitatively about physiology is difficult for many students. However, it is fundamentally important for students to gain a proper understanding of many of the concepts involved. In this enlarged second edition of his popular textbook, Richard Burton gives the reader an opportunity to develop a feel for values such as ion concentrations, lung and fluid volumes, and blood pressures through the use of calculations requiring little more than simple arithmetic. The book provides guidance on how to avoid errors and the usefulness of approximation and "back-of-envelope sums." The topics discussed here include energy metabolism, nerve and muscle, blood and the cardiovascular system, respiration, renal function, body fluids, and acid-base balance. This book is essential reading for physiology students (and teachers) everywhere, both those who are shy or adept with numbers. Zusammenfassung Physiology is a subject full of values: ion concentrations! cardiac output etc. In order to understand physiological concepts properly the student (and teacher) needs to think quantitatively. This book encourages the reader to do just that. For undergraduate and graduate physiologists everywhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition: how to use this book; 1. Introduction to physiological calculation: approximation and units; 2. Quantifying the body: interrelationships amongst 'representative' or 'textbook' quantities; 3. Energy and metabolism; 4. The cardiovascular system; 5. Respiration; 6. Renal function; 7. Body fluids; 8. Acid-base balance; 9. Nerve and muscle; References; Notes and answers; Index....
