Biophysics : A Students Guide to the Physics of the Life Sciences and Medicine (Original PDF from Publisher)

Biophysics : A Students Guide to the Physics of the Life Sciences and Medicine (Original PDF from Publisher)

This thorough introduction to the physical concepts underpinning biological processes and their applications to the life sciences and medicine is part of a biophysics textbook that has been thoroughly tested in the classroom .

Before demonstrating how their effects might be examined in a variety of biosystems , the fundamentals of natural processes are established. The intention is to help readers acquire the intuition , comprehension and capacity for creative analysis that are usually necessary to address issues with complex living beings . All scales are covered , including the application of theories of information , ordering and evolutionary optimization to biological processes and bio-relevant technological implementations , as well as statics , fluid dynamics , acoustics , electromagnetism , light , radiation physics , thermodynamics , statistical physics , quantum biophysics and more .

The emphasis on sound modeling principles throughout gives all the notions a solid foundation . This book can be used as a textbook for physics graduate students as well as a supplemental text for a variety of premedical , biomedical and biophysics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels . It includes several worked examples and exercises to test and improve the reader’s understanding . Additionally , it will be a helpful resource for biologists , physicists , medical researchers and engineers of medical devices who want to approach problems from scratch .

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