1. Lung Tissue Mechanics -- Lung Tissue Mechanics: Historical Overview -- Architecture of Lung Parenchyma -- Volume-Pressure Hysteresis of the Lungs -- Lung Tissue Mechanics -- Pleural Mechanics -- 2. Respiratory Fluid Mechanics and Transport -- Impedance of Laminar Oscillatory Flow Superimposed on a Continuous Turbulent Flow: Application to Respiratory Impedance Measurement -- Current Issues in Understanding Acoustic Impedence of the Respiratory System -- Effects of Curvature, Taper and Flexibility on Dispersion in Oscillatory Pipe Flow -- Interactions Between Lung Mechanics and Gas Transport -- Nonclassical Features of Gas Transport and Exchange at the Alveolar Level -- Flow Dynamics of the Nasal Passage -- 3. Pulmonary Circulation -- Elasticity of Pulmonary Blood Vessels in Human Lungs -- Distensibility of the Pulmonary Capillaries -- Recruitment of Pulmonary Capillaries -- Pulsatile Pulmonary Capillary Pressure Measured with the Arterial Occlusion Technique -- Sites of Pulmonary Vasoconstriction: Indirect and Direct Measurements -- 4. The Use of Mathematics and Advanced Technology to Measure and Evaluate Lung Fluid Exchange and Solute Balance -- An Error Analysis of Pulmonary Vascular Permeability Measurements Made with Positron Emission Tomography -- Evaluation of Lung Vascular Permeability by External Scanning of Gamma Emitter Activity -- Use of Mathematics in Assessing Solute Exchange Across the Lung Epithelium -- On Line Colormetric Determinations of Transvascular Fluid and Protein Transport in Isolated Lobes -- Fractal Analysis of Lung Fluid Flow -- The Roles of Small Molecules as Probes of Endothelial Barrier Function in the Lung: Novel Measurement Methods and Molecular Probes -- 5. Integrating Mechanics and Transport in Assessing Respiratory Function -- Airway Heat and Water Exchange -- Quantitation of the Regional Distribution of Pulmonary Blood Flow by Fractal Analysis -- Elucidation of Principles of Gas Exchange by Means of Soluble Tracer Species.