Biological Physics

This classic text has been used in over 20 countries by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. It bridges the gap between an introductory physics course and the application of physics to the life and biomedical sciences.

This classroom-tested textbook is an innovative, comprehensive, and forward-looking introductory undergraduate physics course. While it clearly explains physical principles and equips the student with a full range of quantitative tools and methods, the material is firmly grounded in biological relevance and is brought to life with plenty of biological examples throughout.

Authors: Fernández, Ariel
Focuses on the role of interfacial forces in understanding biological phenomena at the molecular scale
Develops a statistical mechanical framework suited to study the protein-water interface
Provides unique computational tools to tackle core problems in biophysics, such as the protein folding problem, the discovery of binding sites in proteins and the rational design of therapeutic drugs
Equips the reader with a unique bioinformatics background to develop a technological platform for rational drug design grounded in physics fundamentals

This book contains pedagogical introductions to a selection of the most exciting subjects in current biological physics: sorting DNA on a microchip: a first step towards miniature laboratories on a chip; modeling protein folding, structure, and motion; physics of organelles: mechanical characteristics of molecular motors;…