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Living Physics textbook - AKA NEXUS Physics Wikibook

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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers

Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks

Biochemistry, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Fluid Transport, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology, Healthy Respiratory Function, Cellular Structure, Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics - Vol. 1

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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers

Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Thermal Properties of Matter

Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics Vol. 1 - Information for faculty

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an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 1 - Introduction for students

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the introductory chapter for a physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 2 - Using math in science

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chapter 2 of an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the tools for using math in physics

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 3 - Kinematics

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chapter 3 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the basics ideas of kinematics

Position & Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Position & Displacement, 2D Velocity, 2D Acceleration

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

+ 1 more

Living Physics 4 - Newtons laws

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chapter 4 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing Newton's laws of motion

Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 5 - Modeling forces

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chapter 5 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing models of various forces for use in Newton's laws

Gravity, Friction, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 6 - Coherent vs random motion

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chapter 6 of an intro physics text for life-science students defining momentum and contrasting it with random models of motion and diffusion

Force & Acceleration, Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path, Mean Collision Time, Diffusion

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 7 - Solids

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chapter 7 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing states of matter and the response of solids to various forces

Statics of Rigid Bodies

Musculoskeletal Injury/Disorders, Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 8 - Fluids

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chapter 8 of an intro physics text for life-science students on the properties of fluids including viscous fluid flow

Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Equation of Continuity

Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 9 - Mechanical energy

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chapter 9 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the quantification of the concept of energy, kinetic and potential

Work, Non-Conservative Forces, Conservation of Energy, Conservative Fields

Biochemistry, Neurophysiology

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 10 - Chemical energy

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chapter 10 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing chemical energetics from a physics point of view with simple models

Medical Physics, Conservation of Energy, Spectra

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 11 - Heat and temperature

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chapter 11 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing macroscopic thermodynamics - heat and temperature

Thermal Properties of Matter

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics - Vol. 2

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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers

Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks

Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics, Cellular Structure

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics Vol. 2 - Information for faculty

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an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or health-care careers

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 12 - Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

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chapter 12 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing thermodynamics from the point of view of statistical mechanics

First Law, Probability, Kinetic Theory, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Random Walks, Microstate, Macrostate, Boltzmann Distribution, Equipartition Theorem, Ideal Gas

Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms, Bioenergetics, Cellular Dynamics

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 13 - Electricity and the electric field

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chapter 13 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric field and potential

Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Dielectric

Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 14 - Electric currents

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chapter 14 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric currents

Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power and Energy, Circuit Analysis, Currents

Neurophysiology

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 15 - Oscillations

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chapter 15 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of oscillations

Pendula, Springs and Oscillators, Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped Oscillators, Driven Mechanical Resonance

Locomotion and Gait, Healthy Hearing

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 16 - Waves in 1D

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chapter 16 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts and mathematics of wave motion in 1D

None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 17 - Light — the ray model

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chapter 17 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing three models of light and describing the ray model in detail

None

Vision, Optometry

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 18 - Light — the wave model

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chapter 18 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the wave model of light and including diffraction from 2 slits

None

Molecular Imaging, DNA and RNA, Cellular Structure

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Living Physics 19 - Light — the photon model

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chapter 19 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the photon model of light and including many useful applications

None

Biomedical Imaging, Surgery

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Clicker questions for Living Physics

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None

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Clicker questions for Living Physics vol 1

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A set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 1st half of an algebra-based IPLS class.

Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Surface Tension, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Archimedes' Principle, Static Pressure, Measuring Pressure, Density and Buoyancy, Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Induced Charge, Equation of Continuity

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Clicker questions for Living Physics vol 2

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A set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 2nd half of an algebra-based IPLS class

Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Color, First Law, Kinetic Theory, Diffusion, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Interference From Two Sources, Photons

Optical Imaging, Temperature Diagnostics, Vision, Hearing, Healthy Neural Function

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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NEXUS Physics Wikibook - old version

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A free set of readings for a one year IPLS course. Available as a free website.

Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Geometrical Optics, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Second and Third Law, Probability, Ensembles, Diffusion

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts

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Edward Redish

Ginny Redish

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Why cant I pick the bleepin thing up

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Finding the force needed to lift a bamboo pencil holder

Force & Acceleration, Pressure

None

Edward Redish

NEXUS Physics

Ignoring gravity

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effect of gravity on gases

Ideal Gas

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Edward Redish

NEXUS Physics

Gecko toes

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Estimating if air pressure can hold a gecko

Force & Acceleration, Pressure

Animal Biomechanics

Edward Redish

NEXUS Physics

Estimating with air 3

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Estimating the mass of the atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure, Density and Buoyancy

None

Edward Redish

NEXUS Physics

Estimating with air 2

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Finding the weight and height of air above a square

Pressure, Static Pressure

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Edward Redish

NEXUS Physics

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