Elementary Biophysics. Selected Topics. Principles of Biology Series

Paperback. Elementary Biophysics Selected Topics. Slight foxing to top edge. Crease to back corner cover. This book is intended for use as part of an introductory course in biology. Its purpose is to facilitate the introduction of biophysics into the elementary biology course. It is the author's contentions that the trend in biology is toward physical and chemical biology, and today's students will be better served if they are taught to think in physico-chemical terms startinf with their first course in biology. Among the topics covered are statistics (from the point of view of the problems faced in evaluating measurements); physical forces and chemical bonds; physics of vision, hearing, and muscles; and buophysical methods. Illustrations. 122 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).