THE AUTHOR 



Hern 

 Univer 

 Mic>' 

 Prof 

 and 

 pr- 



°iophysics at Brandeis 



the University of 



.mi, : ty of Pittsburgh. 



iter^st are virus genetics 



.s c ember of the Bio- 



'~ 4 ion for the Ad- 



of ' '"•iversity 





• is intended t 

 ology. Its purpo: 

 .ics into the elementc. 

 contention that the trend in biolbv >wc.>_ 



chemical biology, and today's students will be bette. 

 if they are taught to think in physio-chemical terms 

 ...^ with their first course in biology. 



Among the topics covered are statistics (from the point of 

 view of the problems faced in evaluating measurements); 

 physical forces and chemical bonds; physics of vision, hear- 

 ing, and muscles; and biophysical methods. 



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