What We Are Reading Today: ‘Tectonic Geodynamics’

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Updated 08 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Tectonic Geodynamics’

Authors: Thorsten Becker and Claudio Faccenna

Over the past half century, major achievements have been made in the study of Earth’s surface structure and kinematics and the internal dynamics of the lithosphere and mantle.

Many of these advances have relied on the integration of data and models from plate tectonics and geodynamics, yet traditional divisions persist in how these two disciplines are taught and practiced. 

This textbook bridges the gap, connecting geophysical and geological approaches to understand the physical processes that shape our planet’s evolution. 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Random Walks in Biology’

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Updated 12 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Random Walks in Biology’

  • Howard Berg offers an essential foundation for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, and cells as well as the processes that are affected by such motions

Author: HOWARD C. BERG 

“Random Walks in Biology” provides a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know.

Howard Berg offers an essential foundation for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, and cells as well as the processes that are affected by such motions.

Using the concept of “random walks” of individual particles, Berg illuminates the physics involved in diffusion, sedimentation, electrophoresis, chromatography, and cell motility.