- Heat as a form of energy: Concept of free energy; free energy transduction; order/disorder in biology; forces and energies
- Molecular interactions: Physical basis and implications in biology
- Dimensions and Units: Dimensional analysis; biomolecules dimensions, arrangements, internal energies
- Special properties of water: Importance in biology
- Overview of structures inside cells: Dimensions, crowding, basic functioning principles, timescales of cellular processes; energies/forces inside live cells. Modes of information transfer;
- Distributions in nature: Origin, implications
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