In this book physics in its many aspects (thermodynamics mechanics electricity fluid
dynamics) is the guiding light on a fascinating journey through biological systems providing
ideas examples and stimulating reflections for undergraduate physics chemistry and
life-science students as well as for anyone interested in the frontiers between physics and
biology.Rather than introducing a lot of new information it encourages young students to use
their recently acquired knowledge to start seeing the physics behind the biology. As an
undergraduate textbook in introductory biophysics it includes the necessary background and
tools including exercises and appendices to form a progressive course. In this case the
chapters can be used in the order proposed possibly split between two semesters.The book is
also an absorbing read for researchers in the life sciences who wish to refresh or go deeper
into the physics concepts gleaned in their early years of scientific training. Less
physics-oriented readers might want to skip the first chapter as well as all the gray boxes
containing the more formal developments and create their own á-la-carte menu of chapters.
