Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Physics as a Basis for Describing Biological Systems
- 2 Errors, Units, and Scaling Laws
- 3 Motions and Oscillations
- 4 Resonances andWaves
- 5 Optics, Light, and Colors
- 6 Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- 7 Continuum Mechanics
- 8 Heat, Temperature, and Entropy
- 9 Electrical Charges and Currents
- 10 Magnetism
- Appendix A Mathematical Tools
- Appendix B Solutions to Quizzes
- References
- Index
3 - Motions and Oscillations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Physics as a Basis for Describing Biological Systems
- 2 Errors, Units, and Scaling Laws
- 3 Motions and Oscillations
- 4 Resonances andWaves
- 5 Optics, Light, and Colors
- 6 Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- 7 Continuum Mechanics
- 8 Heat, Temperature, and Entropy
- 9 Electrical Charges and Currents
- 10 Magnetism
- Appendix A Mathematical Tools
- Appendix B Solutions to Quizzes
- References
- Index
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- Introductory Physics for Biological Scientists , pp. 61 - 97Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018