Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Abstract

This book is the result of my having taught such a course since 1973. It is intended to serve as a text for an intermediate course taught in a physics department and taken by a variety of majors. Since its primary content is physics, I hope that physics faculty who might shy away from teaching a conven- tional biophysics course will consider teaching it. I also hope that research workers in biology and medicine will find it a use- ful reference to brush up on the physics they need or to find a few pointers to the current literature in a number of areas of biophysics. (The bibliography in each chapter is by no means exhaustive; however, the references should lead you quickly into a field.) The course offered at the University of Minnesota is taken by undergraduates in a number of majors who want to see more physics with biological applications and by graduate stu- dents in physics, biophysical sciences, biomedical engineering, physiology, and cell biology.