The Physics of Living Systems

Authors: Cleri, Fabrizio
Introduces biophysics with an engaging and readable style, while maintaining scientific rigour
Offers a wide subject coverage, with a unique macro-micro-macro logical path
Uses a minimum of maths and molecular chemistry, while providing essential knowledge of cell and structural biology
Enriched with more than 200 figures and diagrams, and about 100 end-of-chapter problems with full solutions

In this book, physics in its many aspects (thermodynamics, mechanics, electricity, fluid dynamics) is the guiding light on a fascinating journey through biological systems, providing ideas, examples and stimulating reflections for undergraduate physics, chemistry and life-science students, as well as for anyone interested in the frontiers between physics and biology.
Rather than introducing a lot of new information, it encourages young students to use their recently acquired knowledge to start seeing the physics behind the biology. As an undergraduate textbook in introductory biophysics, it includes the necessary background and tools, including exercises and appendices, to form a progressive course. In this case, the chapters can be used in the order proposed, possibly split between two semesters.
The book is also an absorbing read for researchers in the life sciences who wish to refresh or go deeper into the physics concepts gleaned in their early years of scientific training. Less physics-oriented readers might want to skip the first chapter, as well as all the "gray boxes" containing the more formal developments, and create their own á-la-carte menu of chapters.

Number of Pages
XXIV, 620
Number of Illustrations and Tables
31 b/w illustrations, 173 illustrations in colour
Topics
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Bioorganic Chemistry
Mathematical and Computational Biology
Human Physiology
Animal Physiology



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