Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Biophysics 5
Chapter 1: Welcoming You to the World of Biophysics 7
Chapter 2: Interrogating Biophysics: The Five Ws and One H 19
Chapter 3: Speaking Physics: The Basics for All Areas of Biophysics 25
Part II: Calling the Mechanics to Fix Your Bio — Biomechanics 47
Chapter 4: Bullying Biomechanics with the Laws of Physics 49
Chapter 5: Sitting with Couch Potatoes — Static Equilibrium 77
Chapter 6: Building the Mechanics of the Human Body and Animals 105
Chapter 7: Making The World Go Round With Physics — Dynamics 139
Chapter 8: Looking at Where Moving Objects Go — Kinematics 165
Part III: Making Your Blood Boil — The Physics of Fluids 187
Chapter 9: Understanding the Mechanics of Fluids and Cohesive Forces 189
Chapter 10: Going with the Fluid Flow — Fluid Dynamics 209
Chapter 11: Breaking through to the Other Side — Transport, Membranes, and Porous Material 235
Part IV: Playing the Music Too Loud — Sound and Waves 253
Chapter 12: Examining the Physics of Waves and Sound 255
Chapter 13: Grasping How Animals and Instruments Produce Sound Waves 275
Chapter 14: Detecting Sound Waves with the Ear 293
Chapter 15: Listening to Sound — Doppler Effect, Echolocation, and Imaging 305
Part V: Interacting Subatomic Particles’ Influcence on Biological Organisms 315
Chapter 16: Charging Matter: The Laws of Physics for Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism 317
Chapter 17: Tapping into the Physics of Radiation 339
Chapter 18: Fighting the Big C — But Not All Radiation Is Bad 359
Chapter 19: Seeing Good Biophysics in the Medical Field 375
Part VI: The Part of Tens 385
Chapter 20: Ten (or So) Tips to Help You Master Your Biophysics Course 387
Chapter 21: Ten Careers for People Studying Biophysics 391
Index 395