1. The basics
2. Torque and biomechanics
3. Elasticity and strength
4. Pressure
5. Surface tension and wall tension
6. Viscosity
7. Sedimentation and centrifugation
8. Flow in blood vessels and other tubes
9. Temperature and phases
10. Heat transfer and temperature control in living organisms
11. Thermodynamics: Basic ideas
12. Thermodynamics: Applications
13. Randomness
14. Bond energy and forces
15. Biomolecules: Cooperativity
16. Membrane transport
17. Osmosis and filtration
Biography
Lars Holm Øgendal is an Emeritus Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (Denmark). He received his MSc in physics from the University of Copenhagen in 1986, followed by his PhD in biophysics from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL, now University of Copenhagen) in 1993. He served as an associate professor between 1997 and 2020. His research interests explore the boundary area between physics, biochemistry, biotechnology and food science. He is a co-author of 28 scientific papers and has received the ‘Teacher of the Year’ award three times.
