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

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

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.

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

Enzymatic reactions are examples of isotropic systems.

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

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

Biophysical questions have always been asked in the history of science

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

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

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

Mayer analysed blood flow by using the principles of physics

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

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

Bioluminescence is one of the most ancient objects of biophysical exploration

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

Molecular biology is a largely descriptive science

The laws of physics cannot be applied to living organisms

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Cybernetics deals with _______________ in men and machines.

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

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

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

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

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 ___________

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Increasing energy of light goes in the order:_______________

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

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

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 ___________________