Table of Contents

1. Static Forces2. Friction3. Translational Motion4. Angular Motion5. Elasticity and Strength of Materials6. Insect Flight7. Fluids8. The Motion of Fluids9. Heat and Kinetic Theory10. Thermodynamics11. Heat and Life12. Waves and Sound13. Electricity14. Electrical Technology15. Optics16. Atomic Physics17. Nuclear Physics18. Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine

AppendixA. Basic Concepts in MechanicsB. Review of ElectricityC. Review of Optics

About the Author

Professor of Chemistry at Boston College, was co-awarded the prestigious R.W. Wood prize from the Optical Society of America for his seminal work in optics. His contribution was foundational in the field of confocal microscopy, which allows engineers and biologists to produce optical sections through 3D objects such as semiconductor circuits, living tissues, or a single cell. He has published more than 150 papers in physical chemistry and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for Advancement of Science. The second edition of Physics in Biology and Medicine received the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award in the Discipline of the Natural Sciences.