Why read Physical Models of Living Systems?

Book cover of Physical Models of Living Systems: Probability, Simulation, Dynamics

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Award-winning prof brings you from first-year classes to the frontiers of systems and synthetic biology, epidemic modeling, and imaging. Physical Models of Living Systems is a university textbook that integrates those cutting-edge topics with classic results in statistical inference, control theory, biophysical chemistry and mechanobiology, immunology, and neuroscience, as well…

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1 author picked Physical Models of Living Systems as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Brad Roth

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Philip Nelson is a giant in the field of biological physics. I’ve never seen anyone combine words, pictures, mathematical formulas, and computer code so seamlessly into physical models of living systems.

His book might not be as relaxing a read as some others—you really have to do the problems and assignments to get the most out of it—but I can think of no other text that will better teach you how to do science at the interface between physics and biology.

Students beware: It may change your life!

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