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Biological Physics

Hans Frauenfelder, Peter G. Wolynes, and Robert H. Austin

Hans Frauenfelder

  • Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Peter G. Wolynes

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Robert H. Austin

  • Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, S419 – Published 1 March, 1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.71.S419

Abstract

Physics and biology have interacted for at least two centuries. In the twentieth century, this interaction has become very strong and the overlap between the two fields has expanded enormously. In the present contribution, the authors sketch where physics has influenced biology and where investigations on biological systems have led to new physical insights.

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