ABSTRACT

Biophysics is a new way of looking at living matter. It uses quantitative experimental, theoretical, and computational methods, thereby opening a new window for studying and understanding life processes. This textbook provides a brief introduction to the basics of the field, followed by in-depth discussions of more advanced biophysics subjects, going all the way to state-of-the-art experiments and their theoretical interpretations. The second edition presents some of the newest developments in the field (e.g., biomolecular condensates, loop extrusion), a new chapter on computational methods, and many computer exercises specially designed for this textbook.

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

Molecular Biology of the Cell

chapter Chapter 2|59 pages

Statistical Physics

chapter Chapter 3|34 pages

Polymer Physics

chapter Chapter 4|77 pages

Dna

chapter Chapter 5|50 pages

Stochastic Processes

chapter Chapter 6|23 pages

RNA and Protein Folding

chapter Chapter 7|33 pages

Electrostatics inside the Cell

chapter Chapter 8|122 pages

DNA–Protein Complexes

chapter Chapter 9|23 pages

Computational Methods