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Introductory physics for the life sciences / Simon Mochrie, Claudia De Grandi.

Mochrie, Simon G. J., author.; De Grandi, Claudia, author.
2023
QH505 .M63 2023
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Title
Introductory physics for the life sciences / Simon Mochrie, Claudia De Grandi.
Author
Mochrie, Simon G. J., author.
ISBN
9783031058080 electronic book
3031058089 electronic book
9783031058073
3031058070
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05808-0
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-05808-0 doi
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QH505 .M63 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
571.4
Summary
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. It is designed to be a self-contained text for a two-semester sequence of introductory physics for biology and premedical students, covering kinematics and Newtons laws, energy, probability, diffusion, rates of change, statistical mechanics, fluids, vibrations, waves, electromagnetism, and optics. Each chapter begins with learning goals, and concludes with a summary of core competencies, allowing for seamless incorporation into the classroom. In addition, each chapter is replete with a wide selection of creative and often surprising examples, activities, computational tasks, and exercises, many of which are inspired by current research topics, making cutting-edge biological physics accessible to the student.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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De Grandi, Claudia, author.
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Undergraduate texts in physics.
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Introductory physics for the life sciences.
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Chapter 1. Vectors and kinematics
Chapter 2. Force and momentum: Newtons laws and how to apply them
Chapter 3. Energy, work, geckos, and ATP
Chapter 4. Probability distributions: Mutations, cancer rates and vision sensitivity
Chapter 5. Random walks: Brownian motion and the tree of life
Chapter 6. Diffusion: Membrane permeability and the rate of actin polymerization
Chapter 7. Rates of change: drugs, infections, and weapons of mass destruction
Chapter 8. Statistical Mechanics: Boltzmann factors, PCR, and Brownian ratchets
Chapter 9. Fluid Mechanics: Laminar flow, blushing, and Murrays Law
Chapter 10. Oscillations and resonance
Chapter 11. Wave equations: Strings and wind
Chapter 12. Gausss law: Charges and electric fields
Chapter 13. Electric potential, capacitors, and dielectrics
Chapter 14. Circuits and dendrites: Charge conservation, Ohms law, rate equations, and other old friends
Chapter 15. Optics: refraction, eyes, lenses, microscopes, and telescopes
Chapter 16. Biologic: Genetic circuits and feedback
Chapter 17. Magnetic fields and Amperes law
Chapter 18. Faradays law and electromagnetic induction
Chapter 19. Maxwells equations and then there was light.

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