Book, Conceptual Biophysics 2/21[LS]

Conceptual Biophysics, second edition of the successful Essential Biophysics, comes from the evolution and maturation of this work, and reaches the market completely reformulated, revised and updated, to offer objective, clear and, above all, uncomplicated content for students of this discipline. Its accessible and self-explanatory text makes it possible for the reader to achieve an excellent general understanding of Biophysics, exercising self-education. In this way, the teacher can dedicate full time only to the most important and complex subjects – which require his/her personal intervention –, providing extraordinary gains for learning. Organized didactically into 10 chapters, their respective contents represent central themes of Biophysics for a course lasting approximately four months. To make learning even easier, in addition to the tables and exquisite illustrations, a series of pedagogical resources were developed to complement the text, among which the following stand out: Study objectives: each chapter begins with an explanation of the objectives that the reader can achieve .Key concepts of the chapter: list of fundamental terms for understanding the chapter in particular and Biophysics in general.Biophysics in Focus: boxes that permeate the text with information that aim to concentrate certain information in one place, such as curiosities, complementary texts and examples of the application of Biophysics.Highlighted excerpts: represent fundamental ideas for understanding the context or formalizing important premises for Biophysics.Summary: summarizes, in topics, the central ideas of the topic presented in the chapter.Self-assessment: questions regarding to the content presented in the chapter, the answers to which can be easily found throughout the text. Questions for supplementary research: still in the Self-Assessment section, there are questions that begin with the magnifying glass, an icon that indicates that the student will not find the answers in the book, You must do additional research to obtain the answers. Complementary activity: boxes with proposed readings and supplementary activities.