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The Biological Frontier of Physics
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Problems at the interface between biology and physics offer unique opportunities for physicists to make quantitative contributions to biology. Equally important, they enrich the discipline of physics by challenging its practitioners to think in new ways.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Phillips, R., & Quake, S. R.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Venue
- Physics Today
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 2006-05-01
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 38-43
- ISSN
- 0031-9228 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-0699
- OpenAlex
- W2127321047
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 18.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Physics Today (publishedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Scientific Research and Discoveries
- Keywords
- quantitative biology, interdisciplinary research, physics in biology
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