Title: Biological physics : energy, information, life /
Authors: Nelson, Philip.; Radosavlijević, Marko.; Bromberg, Sarina; Radosavljević, Marko.
Publisher: W.H. Freeman,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biophysics; Biophysics
Contents: Part I. Mysteries, metaphors, models -- 1. What the ancients knew -- 2. What's inside cells -- Part 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 -- Part III. Molecules, machines, mechanisms -- 9. Cooperative transitions in macromolecules -- 10. Enzymes and molecular machines -- 11. Machines in membranes -- 12. Nerve impulses -- Appendix A. Global list of symbols and units -- Appendix B. Numerical values.