Statistical Thermodynamics and Quantitative Biology
PHYSICS 199
Subject & Catalog Number
Jointly Offered with:
Faculty of Arts & Sciences as MCB 199
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Description
Course seeks to develop an understanding of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, with applications to quantitative problems in biology such as configurations of biopolymers, equilibrium states of matter, chemical reactions and protein transport, using the concepts of entropy, free energy, adsorption, chemical kinetics and molecular diffusion.
Course Notes
Also offered as MCB 199. Students may not take both for credit.
Recommended Prep
Two terms of college calculus, a calculus-based physics course, and some exposure to molecular and cellular biology. Experience with statistics and differential equations not essential, but helpful.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Physics
Course Component
Lecture
Subject
Physics
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
