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Modelli Matematici in Biologia = Mathematical Models in Biology
This text is addressed first of all to the students of the Specialist Degrees in Biology of the Universities, but it will also be of interest to students of Natural Sciences and Medicine. The topics covered include the most classic mathematical models of biological phenomena (population dynamics, spread of infectious diseases, simple physiology models), but a relevant part of the text is dedicated to the mathematical approach to the theory of natural evolution. The only prerequisites required of the reader are those provided by the basic courses of Mathematics of the Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Natural Sciences or Medicine.
Integrated Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
Biophysics represents perhaps one of the best examples of interdisciplinary research areas, where concepts and methods from disciplines such as physics, biology, b- chemistry, colloid chemistry, and physiology are integrated. It is by no means a new ?eld of study and has actually been around, initially as quantitative physiology and partly as colloid science, for over a hundred years. For a long time, biophysics has been taught and practiced as a research discipline mostly in medical schools and life sciences departments, and excellent biophysics textbooks have been published that are targeted at a biologically literate audience. With a few exceptions, it is only relatively recently that biophysics has started to be recognized as a physical science and integrated into physics departments’ curr- ula, sometimes under the new name of biological physics.
