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Living Physics textbook (AKA NEXUS Physics Wikibook)
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Clicker questionan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Biochemistry, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Fluid Transport, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology, Healthy Respiratory Function, Cellular Structure, Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics - Vol. 1
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Student readingan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Thermal Properties of Matter
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics Vol. 1 - Information for faculty
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessan intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
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None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 1 - Introduction for students
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessthe introductory chapter for a physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop
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None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 2 - Using math in science
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 2 of an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the tools for using math in physics
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Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 3 - Kinematics
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 3 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the basics ideas of kinematics
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Position & Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Position & Displacement, 2D Velocity, 2D Acceleration
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 4 - Newton's laws
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 4 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing Newton's laws of motion
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Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 5 - Modeling forces
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 5 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing models of various forces for use in Newton's laws
None
Gravity, Friction, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 6 - Coherent vs random motion
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 6 of an intro physics text for life-science students defining momentum and contrasting it with random models of motion and diffusion
None
Force & Acceleration, Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path, Mean Collision Time, Diffusion
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 7 - Solids
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 7 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing states of matter and the response of solids to various forces
Musculoskeletal Injury/Disorders, Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials
Statics of Rigid Bodies
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 8 - Fluids
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 8 of an intro physics text for life-science students on the properties of fluids including viscous fluid flow
Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport
Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Equation of Continuity
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 9 - Mechanical energy
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 9 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the quantification of the concept of energy, kinetic and potential
Biochemistry, Neurophysiology
Work, Non-Conservative Forces, Conservation of Energy, Conservative Fields
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 10 - Chemical energy
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 10 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing chemical energetics from a physics point of view with simple models
None
Medical Physics, Conservation of Energy, Spectra
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 11 - Heat and temperature
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 11 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing macroscopic thermodynamics - heat and temperature
None
Thermal Properties of Matter
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics - Vol. 2
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Student readingan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics, Cellular Structure
Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics Vol. 2 - Information for faculty
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessan intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or health-care careers
None
None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 12 - Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 12 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing thermodynamics from the point of view of statistical mechanics
Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms, Bioenergetics, Cellular Dynamics
First Law, Probability, Kinetic Theory, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Random Walks, Microstate, Macrostate, Boltzmann Distribution, Equipartition Theorem, Ideal Gas
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 13 - Electricity and the electric field
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 13 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric field and potential
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology
Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Dielectric
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 14 - Electric currents
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 14 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric currents
Neurophysiology
Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power and Energy, Circuit Analysis, Currents
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 15 - Oscillations
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 15 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of oscillations
Locomotion and Gait, Healthy Hearing
Pendula, Springs and Oscillators, Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped Oscillators, Driven Mechanical Resonance
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 16 - Waves in 1D
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 16 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts and mathematics of wave motion in 1D
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None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 17 - Light — the ray model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 17 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing three models of light and describing the ray model in detail
Vision, Optometry
None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 18 - Light — the wave model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 18 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the wave model of light and including diffraction from 2 slits
Molecular Imaging, DNA and RNA, Cellular Structure
None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics 19 - Light — the photon model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 19 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the photon model of light and including many useful applications
Biomedical Imaging, Surgery
None
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Clicker questions for Living Physics vol 1
Clicker questionA set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 1st half of an algebra-based IPLS class.
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Surface Tension, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Archimedes' Principle, Static Pressure, Measuring Pressure, Density and Buoyancy, Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Induced Charge, Equation of Continuity
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Clicker questions for Living Physics vol 2
Clicker questionA set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 2nd half of an algebra-based IPLS class
Optical Imaging, Temperature Diagnostics, Vision, Hearing, Healthy Neural Function
Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Color, First Law, Kinetic Theory, Diffusion, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Interference From Two Sources, Photons
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
NEXUS Physics Wikibook (old version)
Remote Learning, Student readingA free set of readings for a one year IPLS course. Available as a free website.
Cross-cutting Biological Concepts
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Geometrical Optics, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Second and Third Law, Probability, Ensembles, Diffusion
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
+ 1 more
Living Physics Portal
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