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INDEX 



ATP (See Adenosine triphosphate) 

 Autoradiography, principle, 107-108 



on blood flow in brain, 120 

 Avogadro's number, 71 

 Axon of squid, ion content of, 266 



b — number of bels 

 b — a number or constant 

 bmr — basal metabolic rate 

 B — a reactant 



Background of ionizing radiations, 235, 239 

 Bacteria, genetic recombination of, and cod- 

 ing, 148 

 effects of ionizing radiations on, 249, 250 

 ultrasonic radiations on, 63 

 ultraviolet light on, 93 

 Bacteriophage, and DNA synthesis, 148 

 Bagchi, on EEG, 275 

 Balance, kinematic, 99 



water, 40 

 Basal metabolic rate, defined, 168 

 Bases, purine and pyrimidine, in DNA and 



RNA, 149 

 Basilar membrane, 58 

 Becquerel, and radioactivity, 69 

 Beer-Lambert law, 81, 136 

 Bel, definition, 55 

 Bends, the, 33 



Bergonie and Tribondeau, law of, 247, 249 

 Bernstein, hypothesis of, 265 

 Beta rays, absorption of, 105-106 



energy of emission, and neutrino, 1 15 

 integrated dose by, 258 

 ionization by, 105 



physical properties of, 103, 105-106 

 range in air and soft tissue, 1 18 

 Binding, interatomic, 74 

 intermolecular, 41-43 

 Bioenergetics, 161 ff 



chemical sources of energy, 166, 167, 

 173-174 

 acetylcholine, 172, 275 

 adenosine triphosphate, 170, 172, 176, 



178, 282 

 caloric value of foods, 166 

 creatine phosphate, 282 

 fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, 166 

 glycogen, 172 

 table of values, 172 

 electrical energy transfer and, 179 ff 

 n — it transition, 147 

 via redox systems, 179 ff 

 via mobile 7r-electrons, 146, 147 

 via electronically excited states, 145 

 of interaction of tissues with: 

 infrared radiations, 82-83 

 ionizing radiations, 93-95, 234 ff 



matter (acoustic) waves, 52, 54 

 ultraviolet radiations. 91-93 

 visible light, 83-91, 95-99 

 of mechanical systems: 



by matter (acoustic) waves, 52-53, 56-59 

 by molecular vibrations, etc., 145 

 by muscle contraction, 280-284 

 of metabolic processes (See Heat loss, 



170, 174) 

 specific references to, 189-190 

 Birefringence, flow, 139 

 Black body radiation and the sun, 79 

 Blood, circulation of, 218 

 effects of gravity on, 34-35 

 fluidity and composition of, 216, 219 

 laminar and turbulent flow in, 212, 215, 



217 

 pressure drops in circulation of, 218 

 Blood flow in brain, tracers, experiments, 

 119 



Boltzmann's constant, 200 

 Boltzmann distribution of energies, 197 

 Bonds, covalent, ionic and dative, 74-75 



cross-, induced by X rays, 94 



hydrogen, 41, 43, 131-133 



interatomic, 74 



intermolecular, 42 

 Bone, impact resistance of, 34 



effects of ionizing radiations on, 252 



iron turnover rate constants, normal and 

 diseased, 31 1 



marrow therapy, 258 

 Bosons, 73 



Bragg's law for scattering of X rays, 127 

 Brain, as computer, 295-296 



as controller of human system, 303-305, 

 309 



electroencephalograms of, 273-277 



(See also Central nervous system and 

 Computers) 

 Bremstrahlung, 106 



Burns, on central nervous system, 273-275 

 Butler, on irradiation of DNA, 243 



reviews on biophysics, 66, 160, 294 



c — a constant; concentration; specific heat 



C — a reaction product 



Cable theory, introduction to, 270-271 



cal, — small calorie, 28 



Cal, or kcal — large calorie (= 1000 cal) 



Calculus, definitions of terms of the, 15-17 



Cancer, chemical therapy, 259 

 localization, 62, 94, 97 

 radiation therapy, 62-65, 256-258 

 of skin, induced by irradiation, 252 



Candle, a photometric unit, 87 



