Biological Physics

GOAL: In this book we will address the physics of living phenomena primarily through thermal and statistical methods. We intend this book to be a textbook book for undergraduates studying biophysics (Biological Physics) The book content will be developed by students of an undergraduate Thermal Physics class. We hope to seed this site with a good starting point in order to develop a good open source textbook for future students.

Contents

• Chapter I: The Zeroth & First Laws
  1. How work, pressure, and volume are related
  2. Boyles Law
  3. Charles' Law

• Chapter II: Probability, Entropy, & the Second Law
  1. Stirling's Approximation
  2. Absorption

• Chapter III: The Third Law
  1. Heat Engines, Refrigerators, and Efficiency

• Chapter IV: Interactions & Equilibrium

• Chapter V: Statistical Mechanics

• Chapter VI: Free Energy

• Chapter VII: The Random Walk

• Chapter VIII: Blackbody Radiation

• Chapter IX: Figures