An introduction to the fundamental physical principles related to the study of biological phenomena, structured around relevant biological examples.

Why do elephants have sturdier thigh bones than humans? Why can't ostriches fly? How do bacteria swim through fluids? With each chapter structured around releva

Increasing numbers of physicists, chemists, and mathematicians are moving into biology, reading literature across disciplines, and mastering novel biochemical c

This book aims to demystify fundamental biophysics for students in the health and biosciences required to study physics and to understand the mechanistic behavi

Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions h