Heat as a form of energy; concept of free energy; free energy transduction; order/disorder in biology; forces and energies; molecular interactions - their 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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