Biological Physics
First EditionPhilip Nelson
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Biological Physics centers around new results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years alongside classical results. Also providing foundational material for the emerging field of nanotechnology, both undergrads and graduate students can benefit from using this text.
Table of Contents
I. Mysteries, Metaphors, Models
1. What the ancients knew
2. What’s inside cells
2. What’s inside cells
II. Diffusion, Dissipation, Drive
3. The molecular dance
4. Random walks, friction, and diffusion
5. Life in the slow lane: The low Reynolds-number world
6. Entropy, temperature, and free energy
7. Entropic forces at work
8. Chemical forces and self-assembly
III. Molecules, Machines, Mechanisms
3. The molecular dance
4. Random walks, friction, and diffusion
5. Life in the slow lane: The low Reynolds-number world
6. Entropy, temperature, and free energy
7. Entropic forces at work
8. Chemical forces and self-assembly
III. Molecules, Machines, Mechanisms
9. Cooperative transitions in macromolecules
10. Enzymes and molecular machines
11. Machines in membranes
12. Nerve impulses
10. Enzymes and molecular machines
11. Machines in membranes
12. Nerve impulses
Global list of symbols and units
Numerical values
Index
Numerical values
Index