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This fully revised 2 nd English edition is an introductory text that spans all steps of biological organization, from the molecular, to the organism level, as well as influences of environmental factors. In response to the enormous progress recently made, especially in theoretical and molecular biophysics, the author has updated the text, integrating new results and developments concerning protein folding and dynamics, molecular aspects of membrane assembly and transport, noise-enhanced processes, and photo-biophysics.
Addison-Wesley, R eading, M A. These are known as secondary bonds and they are quite weak compared with those that we have considered until now. On the other hand, no chapters specifically address the three central items in the above list. If f is the frequency with which the particles make their jumps, the flux J of particles across the imaginary plane that divides adjacent slabs, in which the concentrations are C 1 and C 2 , will be given by Table 5. F rom your knowledge of atomic and molecular orbitals, what would you expect to be the spatial configuration of the nuclei and electron probability densities in one or more of these boranes, given that they are rather unstable and chemically highly reactive? Zemansky, M.
The advances made in theoretical biology in the last decade call for a fully new conception of the corresponding sections. Thus, the book provides the background needed for fundamental training in biophysics and, in addition, offers a great deal of advanced biophysical knowledge.
Born in Jena, Germany in From to , scientist at the Atomic Energy Agency in Berlin research: aquatic radioecology , and from to scientist at the Institute of Cardiology, Academy of Science in Berlin with a focus on ion transport. From to assistant professor in Jena, from to full professor of biophysics at the Humboldt University, Berlin research: biophysics of cell surfaces, shape and ionic states of erythrocytes, electro-manipulation of cells.
He has also worked as an emeritus adviser for various organizations in the field of electromagnetic safety. This book is the result of over thirty-five years of teaching. Following the first German edition in , the textbook was continuously revised and updated in line with his experience from teaching as well as innumerable discussions with students and colleagues. The fourth German edition was published in , and a fifth revised version was then published as the first English edition in With this revised second English edition, the author reflects the enormous strides made in biophysics, especially in the fields of molecular and theoretical biophysics.
While the book remains a basic textbook and provides the introductory background needed for fundamental training in biophysics, it also offers new insights into recent advances in biophysical knowledge. I really recommend this book for all biology and life science students and I ask for the reader to pay attention to the problems and examples, because there is the true gold.
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Table of contents Preface. Chemical Binding.
Energies, Forces and Bonds. Rates of Reaction. Transport Processes. Some Techniques and Methods. Biological Polymers.
Biophysics is an evolving, multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and. Editorial Reviews. Review for the reader who is interested in what physics has to say about Biophysics: An Introduction - Kindle edition by Rodney Cotterill.
Biological Membranes. Biological Energy.
Movement of Organisms. Excitable Membranes. Nerve Signals.
Control of Movement. Appendix A: Elements of Quantum Mechanics.
Appendix B: The Hydrogen Atom. Appendix C: Thermal Motion. Appendix D: Probability Distributions.