Biological Physics

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Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life is the title of a book by Philip Nelson, published by W. H. Freeman in the 2000s. It is a work on biology with an emphasis on the application of physical principles.

"At the dawn of the twentieth century, it was already clear that, chemically speaking, you and I are not much different from cans of soup. And yet we can do many complex and even fun things we do not usually see cans of soup doing."

- A quote from the book's introduction, "To the Student".

[edit] References

• Dobson, C. M. (25 November 2004). Crossing the boundary. In Nature, 432, 444 – 445.

• K. Sneppen and G. Zocchi, (2005) Physics in Molecular Biology, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-84419-3