What Are the Branches of Biophysics?
grass hairs image by haemengine from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/cv/od/branches-biophysics_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Scanning electron microscopy is one of the many tools available to biophysicists. The term “biophysics,” first used in 1892 in Karl Pearson’s book “The Grammar of Science,” describes a broad scientific field that aims to investigate the structure and operation of living systems with the aid of the concepts, theories and methods of theoretical and experimental physics. There are several methods to categorize the branches of biophysics. One taxonomy derives from the branches of physics. According to this criterion, the branches of biophysics are biomechanics, biothermodynamics, bioelectricity, physiological optics, photobiophysics, radiation biophysics, and theoretical and computational biophysics. Biomechanics Biomechanics studies the mechanics of living systems. There
