During the 1780’s, Luigi Galvani performed experiments at the university of Bologna involving frogs.The physics of electricity was thus studied in direct relationship with phenomena of ___________

The word ______ was invented by a synthesis of “biology” and “technics” at a conference in Dayton, USA, in 1960.

Molecular biology is a largely descriptive science

Modern biophysics has made profound contributions to subjects normally considered a part of classical biology, such as evolution and immunity.

Poiseuille showed that respiration is simply an oxidative chemical reaction.

The theory of action potential propagation was developed by the Nobel Prize winners Huxley and Hodgkin.

Enzymatic reactions are examples of isotropic systems.

An organism is an intelligent, self-controlled, chemical machine that is self-regulated by molecular signals, molecular receptors and transducers of information

In the microphysical world the so-called effective parameters are used

Borelli founded a school in Pisa of iatro-mathematics and iatro-physics in which the human body was perceived as a(n) __________

A decisive stimulus has been given to biophysical research through the discovery of X-rays. It was attributable to close cooperation between physicists, biologists and medical scientists which laid the foundation of _____________ which made significant contributions to the growth of modern molecular biology.

The term biophysics was first introduced by Karl Pearson in 1892.

Based on his physiological studies, Robert Mayer was able to formulate _______________.

Biophysical questions have always been asked in the history of science

Biology claims to be a comprehensive science relating to all functions of _______ systems.

An outstanding scientist in the history of biophysics is the German physicist and physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz who laid the foundations for the fundamental theories of ___________________

Bioluminescence is one of the most ancient objects of biophysical exploration

Latro-physics has often been considered as a mechanistic forerunner of ___________

Leonardo da Vinci founded a school in Pisa of iatro-mathematics and iatro-physics

The use of a magnifying glass has just as little to do with biophysics as the use of most up-to date optical or electronic measuring instruments.

Biophysics is a descriptive science that applies the approaches and methods of physics to study biological systems

In contrast to isotropic systems, like simple solutions, in anisotropic systems the _________ of molecules in various directions is not identical, but is restricted in some directions and promoted in others.

Cybernetics deals with _______________ in men and machines.

The laws of physics cannot be applied to living organisms

The German physicist and physiologist Helmholtz laid the foundations for the theories of vision and hearing.

Biophysics studies _________ of biological organisation, from molecular processes to ecological phenomena.

Increased energy of light goes in the order ultraviolet, visible, infrared.

It is now generally accepted that the laws of physics apply to living organisms as much as they apply to inanimate matter

The macrophysics use the laws of classical physics. Our everyday experiences with macrophysical systems show us that their behaviour is generally ________

Biophysics also studies the interactions of physical factors on physiological functions, which is a special subarea, called ___________.

Biological membranes, as highly organised _________ structures, are always attractive subjects for biophysical investigations

Biophysicists study the structure and function of biological molecules, cells and organisms using the principles and methods of physics

The nature of biophysics is defined by __________________ rather than by the applied methods.

The fundamental laws of diffusion were formulated by ____ ,who in 1856 published the first biophysical text.

Increasing energy of light goes in the order:_______________

Calorimetric studies of heat generation of mammals were conducted by Lavoisier and Laplace

Biophysics is a/an/ __________ science somewhere between biology and physics. It is connected with other disciplines, as well, such as mathematics, physical chemistry and biochemistry.

Mayer analysed blood flow by using the principles of physics

The subjects of biophysics are _______________ underlying all processes of living systems.

The stochastic behaviour of molecular systems can be transformed into a ________ one by increasing the number of participating stochastic events or by limiting the degrees of freedom of the single reactions.

Two kinds of physical behaviour meet at the molecular level of biological structures. On the one hand, there are stochastic _______ processes, based on the individual behaviour of atoms, molecules or supramolecular structures. On the one hand there are processes, based on the behaviour of “large” bodies.