Physical biology of the cell /
Phillips, Rob,1960-
Phillips, Rob.
Kondev, Jane.
Theriot, Julie.
Orme, Nigel.
"Physical Biology of the Cell maps the huge and complex landscape of cell and molecular biology from the distinct perspective of physical biology. As a key organizing principle, the proximity of topics is based on the physical concepts that unite a given set of biological phenomena. Herein lies the central premise: that the appropriate application of a few fundamental physical models can serve as the foundation of whole bodies of quantitative biological intuition, useful across a wide range of biological problems. The Second Edition features full-color illustrations throughout, two new chapters on the role of light in life and pattern formation, additional explorations of biological problems using computation, and significantly more end-of-chapter problems. This textbook is written for a first course in physical biology or biophysics for undergraduate or graduate students"--
Ch. 1. Why: biology by the numbers -- Ch. 2. What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms -- Ch. 3. When: stopwatches at many scales -- Ch. 4. Who: "bless the little beasties" -- Ch. 5. Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell -- Ch. 6. Entropy rules! -- Ch. 7 Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding -- Ch. 8. Random walks and the structure of macromolecules -- Ch. 9. Electrostatics for salty solutions -- Ch. 10. Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons -- Ch. 11. Biological membranes: life in two dimensions -- Ch. 12. The mathematics of water -- Ch. 13. A statistical view of biological dynamics -- Ch. 14. Life in crowded and disordered environments -- Ch. 15. Rate equations and dynamics in the cell -- Ch. 16. Dynamics of molecular motors -- Ch. 17. Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model -- Ch. 18. Light and life -- Ch. 19. Organization of biological networks -- Ch. 20. Biological patterns: order in space and time -- Ch. 21. Sequences, specificity, and evolution -- Ch. 22. Whither physical biology?
"Physical Biology of the Cell maps the huge and complex landscape of cell and molecular biology from the distinct perspective of physical biology. As a key organizing principle, the proximity of topics is based on the physical concepts that unite a given set of biological phenomena. Herein lies the central premise: that the appropriate application of a few fundamental physical models can serve as the foundation of whole bodies of quantitative biological intuition, useful across a wide range of biological problems. The Second Edition features full-color illustrations throughout, two new chapters on the role of light in life and pattern formation, additional explorations of biological problems using computation, and significantly more end-of-chapter problems. This textbook is written for a first course in physical biology or biophysics for undergraduate or graduate students"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biophysics.
Cytology.
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SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Cells.
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Biophysics.
Cytology.