Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems: An Introduction to Biophysics, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780367779917 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 608 str.

Thomas M. Nordlund; Peter M. Hoffmann

Opis

This new edition provides a complete update to the most accessible introduction to the physical and quantitative aspects of biological systems. It includes two new chapters on experimental techniques including atomic force microscopy, in addition to updates to mathematical and computational tools.

Spis treści

I. Introduction, Approach, and Tools  1 Introduction to a New World  2 How (Most) Physicists Approach Biophysics  3 Math Tools: First Pass  II. Structure and Function  4 Water  5 Structures: From 0.1 to 10 nm and Larger  6 First Pass at Supramolecular Structures: Assemblies of Biomolecules  7 Putting a Cell Together: Physical Sketch  III. Biological Activity: Quantum Microworld  8 Quantum Primer  9 Light, Life and Measurement  10 Photosynthesis  11 Direct Ultraviolet Effects on Biological Systems  IV. Biological Activity: (Classical) Microworld  12 Classical Biodynamics and Biomechanics  13 Random Walks, Diffusion, and Polymer Conformation  14 Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics Primer  15 Reactions: Physical View  16 Molecular Machines: Introduction  17 Assembly  18 Preparation for Experimental Biophysics  19 Atomic Force Microscopy

O autorze

Thomas Nordlund is professor emeritus in the Department of Physics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He joined as faculty after earning his PhD in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with postdoctoral work done at the Biozentrum der Universität Basel and the University of Rochester. He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and has been studying biomolecular dynamics for over thirty years.

Peter M. Hoffmann is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where he founded the biomedical physics program. He is the author of the popular science book, Life’s Ratchet. He has been involved in soft matter and biophysics research for twenty-five years, and earned his PhD in materials science and engineering from Johns Hopkins University.