Student Resources
This legacy page describes the First Edition. For information about the current Second Edition, please visit this page. Physical Models of Living Systems is a textbook intended for intermediate-level undergraduates in any science or engineering major. The only prerequisite for this course is first-year physics.
- Here is the preface “To the Student.”
- Here is the list of known errata.
- Here are links to external media (videos etc.) cited in the book.
- Here are the Datasets cited in Physical Models, with documentation.
- There is also a combined zip archive with all the datasets.
- Additional chapters are available in preliminary form:
- Also useful: A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling by Jesse M. Kinder and Philip Nelson (Princeton University Press). E-book editions are also available via the same link. Chapter 1 is freely available.
The book has an associated blog. - A Student's Guide to MATLAB for Physical Modeling, by Philip Nelson with Tom Dodson. This book is a free download.