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Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering
Medicine by Design The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering
Author: Fen Montaigne
A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest-moving areas in medicine. In this exhi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801883477
ISBN-10: 0801883474
Publication Date: 4/5/2006
Pages: 248
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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This is the kind of book that I normally would not be reading unless I needed to. But doing some preliminary research in the field of biomedical engineering was necessary for me, a homeschooling mom with no background in the field of medicine. Why? Well, biomedical engineering is the topic of research for the 2010 FIRST Lego League teams, and because I coach one of these robotics teams, I had to figure out what sort of stuff we're supposed to deal with. This book is very interesting, even for those of us who don't know medical jargon. I am amazed at this field of medicine. It is wonderful, and yes, exciting to read about the direction that this research is going! The author has done a brilliant job communicating the innovation and the research without it being boring.


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