Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life

Author:   Philip Nelson
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
ISBN:  

9780716743729


Pages:   598
Publication Date:   18 July 2003
Replaced By:   9780716798972
Format:   Hardback
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"Physics and engineering departments are building research programmes in biological physics. This text focuses on results in molecular motors, self-assembly and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field, and integrates these topics with classical results. The book also provides foundational material for the emerging field of nanotechnology. The text is built around a self-contained core geared toward undergraduate students who have had one year of calculus-based physics. Additional ""Track 2"" sections contain more advanced material for senior physics undergraduates and graduate students."

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Author:   Philip Nelson
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   1.223kg
ISBN:  

9780716743729


ISBN 10:   0716743728
Pages:   598
Publication Date:   18 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780716798972
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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PHILIP NELSON is Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. 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. -

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