Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function [Hardcover] Author: Eric P. Widmaier | Language: English | ISBN:
0077350014 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Eric Widmaier (Boston University), Hershel Raff (Medical College of Wisconsin), and Kevin Strang (University of Wisconsin) have taken on the challenge of maintaining the strengths and reputation of
Vander’s Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function. Moving beyond the listing of mere facts, it stresses the causal chains of events that constitute the mechanisms of body function. The fundamental purpose of this textbook is to present the principles and facts of human physiology in a format that is suitable for undergraduates regardless of academic background or field of study.
Vander’s Human Physiology, twelfth edition, carries on the tradition of clarity and accuracy, while refining and updating the content to meet the needs of today’s instructors and students. The twelfth edition features a streamlined, clinically oriented focus to the study of human body systems. It has also responded to reviewer requests for more clinical applications. Chapter 19 was new for the eleventh edition, with three complete case studies. The twelfth edition will contain an additional new case study. Additional Physiology Inquiries have been added to many figures throughout the chapters. These critical-thinking questions are just one more opportunity to add to the student’s learning experience.
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- Hardcover: 784 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 12th edition (September 3, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0077350014
- ISBN-13: 978-0077350017
- Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 9 x 10.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #91 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Basic Sciences > Physiology
- #98 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology
Before you read my review, you must know that the course I took that this book was taught by the professor who wrote the book, Dr. Widmaier himself!
The book is well-written, and easy to understand. It has a clear, and concise structure, that is very very readable. Other textbooks often have run-on sentences that are difficult to follow. Also, the book is written in a vernacular that is appropriate for the level for which it is intended.
I think that this book's diagrams are particularly well-done. Studying the diagrams, as recommended by the instructor, are immensely helpful in gaining a good understanding of the concepts. Additionally, the case studies are helpful, as well as very very interesting! The sections of the book about diseases and treatments for them are very helpful in reinforcing the concepts, and are very interesting.
As a pre-med, this book is great. This is perhaps the best textbook I have had in college. I can definitely see why they use it in medical schools as well, and I can see why it is so well-respected. Dr. Widmaier himself is a very intelligent, witty, and well-spoken man. The great quality of this book reflects the great quality of the man himself.
I highly recommend this book, and I myself am keeping it for medical school.
By J52
I Am on chapter 4 of this book and I have read many biology books. I find the authors are very wordy and they tend to use the words like "respectively "and referring to"the latter" quite often which causes you to have to stop reading, back up and realize which item the author said last. The authors also refer to tables in other chapters which is annoying because if I am in an entirely different chapter, I don't want to have to go back 20 pages to see a table that has 2 sentences on it. Also, The images and diagrams are not impressive. Many lack terms and features of what the text is saying. Luckily I have covered most of this information before so I could fill in the blanks myself, if this was my first Physiology book I can imagine being very confused.
By Jen Beard
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