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Biophysics

Summary

The subject is a link between physics on the one hand and biological sciences on the other. The content of the subject is aimed to the interdisciplinary bachelor's study preparing technicians-specialists for health care. The subject concentrates on the description of physical processes in living organisms, their qualitative and quantitative aspects, energy flows and conversion in living matter, and mutual interaction of living systems.

Literature

TREBUŇOVÁ, M., ŽIVČÁK, J.: Biophysics in biomedical engineering. I. Prešov: Technical University of Košice Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. ISBN 978-80-553-2848-5 .
HOBBIE, Russell K. a Bradley John ROTH. Intermediate physics for medicine and biology. 4th ed. New York: Springer, c2007. ISBN 978-0-387-30942-2.

Advised literature

NEWMAN, Jay.: Physics of the life sciences. New York: Springer, c2008. ISBN 978-0-387-77258-5.
BEVELACQUA, J.J.: Basic Health Physics: Problems and Solutions. Wiley, 2010, ISBN 9783527408238 .


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 480-2480
Abbreviation BIFY
Course title Biophysics
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator Mgr. Ing. Kamila Hrabovská, Ph.D.