Philip Nelson

Biological Physics

Energy, Information, Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text focuses on new results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years. Now in paperback, this updated edition has new end-of-chapter problems giving fresh options for assignments and exams; and an updated Chapter on Enzymes and Molecular Machines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Freeman / Macmillan Education
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 194mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1120g
• ISBN-13: 9780716798972
• ISBN-10: 0716798972
• Artikelnr.: 23067548

Autorenporträt

PHILIP NELSON is Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He received his A.B. from Princeton University (1980) and Ph.D. from Harvard University (1984). Professor Nelson serves on the Biophysical Society's Education Committee; he received Penn's highest teaching award in 2001, in part for creating the course that formed the basis for this book.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
PART I: MYSTERIES, METAPHORS, MODELS - What the Ancients Knew - What's Inside Cells - PART II: DIFFUSION, DISSIPATION, DRIVE - The Molecular Dance - Random Walks, Friction, and Diffusion - Life in the Slow Lane: The Low Reynolds-Number World - Entropy, Temperature, and Free Energy - Entropic Forces at Work - Chemical Forces and Self-Assembly - PART III: MOLECULES, MACHINES, MECHANISMS - Cooperative Transitions in Macromolecules - Enzymes and Molecular Machines - Machines in Membranes - Nerve Impulses - Global List of Symbols and Units - Numerical Values - Index