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SUMMARY:Blood in Motion: The Physics of Blood Flow - Professor Tim Pedley\
 , University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20210205T173000Z
DTEND:20210205T183000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will start with a brief survey of ancient ideas a
 bout blood flow\, culminating in the West with William Harvey’s convinci
 ng demonstration – before the invention of the microscope – that the b
 lood circulates in the body. The mechanics of that circulation will be des
 cribed\, from the high-pressure arteries to the low-pressure veins.  Highl
 ights will be: the propagation of the pressure pulse in arteries\, the dis
 turbance to smooth flow caused by the complex geometry of arteries (and it
 s probable influence on arterial disease)\, the fact that blood cells have
  to be deformed and travel in single file in the smallest capillaries\, an
 d the interesting effects of gravity on the venous return to the heart in 
 upright animals\, notably those with long necks  and legs - giraffes and d
 inosaurs.\n\nTim Pedley is an applied mathematician whose research has bee
 n devoted to Biological  Fluid Dynamics\, both internal (e.g. blood flow) 
 and external (e.g. micro-organism swimming)\, for over 50 years . He is Em
 eritus G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at Cambridge\, and has serv
 ed as Chairman of the World Council for Biomechanics\, President of the In
 ternational Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and President of th
 e Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/
 c/DarwinCollegeLectureSeries\n\n
LOCATION:Online
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