A volume in the new Principles and Applications in Engineering series, Tissue Engineering provides an overview of the major physiologic systems of current interest to biomedical engineers: cardiovascular, endocrine, nervous, visual, auditory, gastrointestinal, and respiratory. It contains useful definitions, tables of basic physiologic data, and an
Joseph D. Bronzino is an author and research scientist whose scholarly interests revolve around the interdisciplinary field of Biomedical Engineering. Although trained as an Engineer, Dr. Bronzino’s research activities have focused on how the brain works. Having written a number of texts on the various fields that constitute the discipline of Biomedical Engineering, Dr. Bronzino previously tought university courses discussing the evolution of medical technology, the economic impact of these applications and the moral dilemmas they pose for our society.