Courses (1-2 of 2)

1. Illinois MatSE485/Phys466/CSE485 - Atomic-Scale Simulation

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   27 Jan 2009 | | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley

   THE OBJECTIVE is to learn and apply fundamental techniques used in (primarily classical) simulations in order to help understand and predict properties of microscopic systems in materials science, physics, chemistry, and biology. THE EMPHASIS will be on connections between the simulation...

2. Illinois Physics 498: Introduction to Biological Physics

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   07 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin

   We will apply simple yet powerful ideas of physics to gain some understanding of biology. (What is the inertia of a bacteria and how does this affect its behavior?) We will begin with atoms, move to molecules, then macromolecules, then cells, and finally whole systems. For example, how do we...