"The standard physics curriculum for life science students has remained the same for the past 50 years, providing those students the same material that physics and engineering students get. Meanwhile, the introductory biology curriculum has undergone a revolution. Physics of Life: University Physics at the Cellular Scale updates the physics curriculum for life science students, focusing on what physical phenomena life science students are likely to encounter in their advanced coursework. This revolutionary, two-semester textbook removes many topics with no application in molecular and cellular biology from the standard curriculum (e.g., rotation, static equilibrium, electromagnetic induction). In their place, the author includes two major themes: diffusion and electric dipoles. By the end of the year, readers will have explored physics topics such as enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy, with examples drawn from molecular biology.

Physics of Life treats concepts computationally, introducing programming and allowing readers to become comfortable with code. The book assumes no programming experience, keeping the conceptual barrier for the reader low, and includes an appendix introduction to Python. The text includes other electronic resources for illustrating physical concepts, such as videos, custom simulations, and PhET interactive simulations, as well as online homework"-- Provided by publisher.