Editing Biophysics (section)

== History ==

The studies of [[Luigi Galvani]] (1737–1798) laid groundwork for the later field of biophysics. Some of the earlier studies in biophysics were conducted in the 1840s by a group known as the Berlin school of physiologists. Among its members were pioneers such as [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], [[Ernst Heinrich Weber]], [[Carl F. W. Ludwig]], and [[Johannes Peter Müller]].<ref name="Franceschetti2012">{{cite book | first = Donald R. | last = Franceschetti | name-list-style = vanc | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fvh7tgAACAAJ | title = Applied Science | publisher = Salem Press Inc. | date = 15 May 2012 | isbn = 978-1-58765-781-8 | page = 234 }}</ref> 

[[William T. Bovie]] (1882–1958) is credited as a leader of the field's further development in the mid-20th century. He was a leader in developing [[electrosurgery]].

The popularity of the field rose when the book ''[[What Is Life?]]'' by [[Erwin Schrödinger]] was published. Since 1957, biophysicists have organized themselves into the [[Biophysical Society]] which now has about 9,000 members over the world.<ref name="RosenGothard2009">{{cite book | first1 = Joe | last1 = Rosen | first2 = Lisa Quinn | last2 = Gothard | name-list-style = vanc | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=avyQ64LIJa0C | title = Encyclopedia of Physical Science | publisher = Infobase Publishing | year = 2009 | isbn =  978-0-8160-7011-4 | page =4 9 }}</ref>

Some authors such as [[Robert Rosen (theoretical biologist)|Robert Rosen]] criticize biophysics on the ground that the biophysical method does not take into account the specificity of biological phenomena.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Longo G, Montévil M | title = The Inert vs. the Living State of Matter: Extended Criticality, Time Geometry, Anti-Entropy - An Overview | journal = Frontiers in Physiology | volume = 3 | pages = 39 | date = 2012-01-01 | pmid = 22375127 | pmc = 3286818 | doi = 10.3389/fphys.2012.00039 | doi-access = free }}</ref>