Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems
- ISBN-10
- 0195082699
- ISBN-13
- 9780195082692
- Category
- Cardiovascular system
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Steven Vogel
Description
Why does dust collect on the blades of a fan? Why should you wear support hose on a long airplane flight? Vogel ranges across physics, fluid mechanics, and chemistry to show how an enormous system of pumps and pipes works to keep the human body functioning. Anyone curious about the workings of the body will want to read this book. 64 line drawings.
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