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Physical Biology of the Cell

Rob Phillips, Jané Kondev, Julie Theriot, Hernan Garcia, Jane Kondev · 2 HN comments
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Physical Biology of the Cell is a textbook for a first course in physical biology or biophysics for undergraduate or graduate students. It maps the huge and complex landscape of cell and molecular biology from the distinct perspective of physical biology. As a key organizing principle, the proximity of topics is based on the physical concepts that unite a given set of biological phenomena. Herein lies the central premise: that the appropriate application of a few fundamental physical models can serve as the foundation of whole bodies of quantitative biological intuition, useful across a wide range of biological problems. The Second Edition features full-color illustrations throughout, two new chapters, a significantly expanded set of end-of-chapter problems, and is available in a variety of e-book formats.
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Thanks! The second edition has the preview on the Amazon too:

http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Biology-Cell-Rob-Phillips/dp/...

Looks worth the money, based on the pictures. However, as I browse through the text, the tone of the explanations seems to be a little casual, and the book more concentrating on "counting" than explaining the details presented with the pictures?

Otherwise it seems to be "what you get when a physicist gets to write about cells," is my impression right? It seems that Lodish and Alberts are better starts to learn the biological aspects?

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Alberts is the canonical cell bio text in most undergraduate biology programs.

Phillips is more of an introduction to biophysics, so would require some degree of comfort with calculus and physics (e.g., classical mechanics, some E&M, and some statistical mechanics). The preface says only calculus and elementary physics is required.

If you've got a physics background, you might also enjoy Physical Biology of the Cell [0].

I haven't read it personally, so I can't vouch for it, but I've seen it recommended as one of the go-to texts for those interested in the biophysics of cells.

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Biology-Cell-Rob-Phillips/dp/...

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