According to a commentary in Physics Today, a new generation of mathematical physicists is needed to “simplify the statistical physics of complex biological systems by recasting it as the exploration of measurable physical parameters in low-dimensional spaces. … Their solutions will require designing new asymptotic approximation methods and numerical simulations of the inherently stochastic particle systems that represent the microstructures of molecular and cellular physiology, including neurophysiological phenomena.”
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Commentary: New mathematical physics needed for life sciences