Extensions Interdisciplinary Physics

Interdisciplinary Research in Physics

Grand challenges in interdisciplinary physics

The dictionary definition of physics is the study of matter, energy, and the interaction between them1. There is no doubt that this definition does describe the core of physics. However, over the last three decades, a shift has occured. Physics has spilled over its boundaries set by the definition quoted, and we now have fields such as econophysics, sociophysics, biological physics, and geologi...

NEXUS/Physics: An Interdisciplinary Repurposing Of Physics For Biologists

Articles you may be interested in Toward better physics labs for future biologists Am. Rounding off the cow: Challenges and successes in an interdisciplinary physics course for life science students Am. In response to increasing calls for the reform of the undergraduate science curriculum for life science majors and pre-medical students (Bio2010, Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians, Vi...

Writing and Physics: an Interdisciplinary Approach

1 P. Kelly Joyner, American University, Department of Literature, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] 2 Teresa L. Larkin, American University, Department of Physics, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] Abstract --During the Fall 2000 and Fall 2001 semesters, a joint study was undertaken between the Physics and Literature Depart...

Interdisciplinary reflections: the case of physics and biology.

The first recorded use of the word ‘biology’ in English was by William Lawrence, a fellow and professor of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. In lectures first delivered in 1816 and expanded in subsequent years, Lawrence asked how one should designate a ‘division of natural science [that] has for its object the various forms and phenomenon of life, the conditions and laws under which this...