"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Single molecule biophysics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A brief history of single molecule study -- 1.3. Single molecule methods -- 1.4. Single molecule data analysis -- 1.5. Brief overview of thermodynamics and statistical me…