PHYSICS
The Laws of Life
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Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Motions, Forces, Work and Energy
- Fluids, Vibrations and Waves
- Temperature, Heat and Thermodynamics
- Electricity, Magnetism and Light
- Relativity, Quantum Mechanics and Elementary Particles
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The laws of nature govern the way things work here on earth and throughout the universe. The study of the laws of nature is called physics. Physics deals primarily with energy, matter and the way the two work together. Living things require energy and are made of matter, so these an understanding of physics is essential to understanding the way living things work. This chapter will give a basic background to physics as it applies to life.
Links:
- College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry - Kenneth R. Koehler, Raymond Walters College
- The Particle Adventure
- Physicsweb - See the resources link
- Physics For Free - Two textbooks (PDF) by Emeritus Professor Frank Firk, former Chairman of the Department of Physics and Master of Trumbull College, Yale University
- Physics 2000 - U. Colorado
- JC Physics
- Physics Central
- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- Biophysics Textbook Online
- Physics - Giancoli
- Imagine The Universe - NASA. Information about the Electromagnetic Spectrum, etc.
- Molecular Expressions: Exploring the Worlds of Optics and Microscopy
- About Temperature
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