As the course progresses, we will post links to treadings relevant to what we've talked about in class

Useful links

Physical Biology of the Cell @ Caltech Recorded lectures and videos from the Caltech offering.
Physical Biology of the Cell @ Berkeley YouTube Channel Compilation of recorded lectures on Physical Biology.
Introduction to Data Analysis in the Biological Sciences @ Caltech (BE/Bi 103) Comprehensive course on Python and data analysis in the biological sciences (Justin Bois).
W3Schools Python Tutorial Quick Python refresher / on-ramp for beginners.

Daily Suggested Reading

Physical Biology of the Cell, 2nd Edition by Phillips, R. et al. (2012) Our course will be loosely based on this textbook. Note that we are actively working on the 3rd edition and may share draft chapters as we visit topics in lecture.
A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling: Updated Edition by Kinder, J. and Nelson, P. (2018) A great introduction to programming in Python; useful throughout the course.
Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts, B. et al. (2014) Useful refresher for core cell biology.
Cell Biology by the Numbers by Milo, R. and Phillips, R. (2015) A reference source for biological numeracy. Companion site: book.bionumbers.org.
Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving by Mahajan, S. (2010) Fantastic resource for estimation and approximation.
Guesstimation: Solving the World’s Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin by Weinstein, L. and Adam, J. A. (2008) More estimation practice and philosophy.