Mathematical Biophysics

Nicolas Rashevsky’s Mathematical Biophysics

This paper explores the work of Nicolas Rashevsky, a Russian émigré theoretical physicist who developed a program in ‘‘mathematical biophysics’’ at the University of Chicago during the 1930s. Stressing the complexity of many biological phenomena, Rashevsky argued that the methods of theoretical physics – namely mathematics – were needed to ‘‘simplify’’ complex biological processes such as cell ...

Mathematical Models in Cellular Biophysics

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A Mathematical Apppoach to Protein Biophysics

The mathematical biophysics of Nicolas Rashevsky

N. Rashevsky (1899-1972) was one of the pioneers in the application of mathematics to biology. With the slogan: mathematical biophysics : biology :: mathematical physics ; physics, he proposed the creation of a quantitative theoretical biology. Here, we will give a brief biography, and consider Rashevsky's contributions to mathematical biology including neural nets and relational biology. We co...

Biophysics.