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Biophysics

Author : William Bialek
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400845572
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Biophysics written by William Bialek and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A physicist's guide to the phenomena of life Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology—from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain—have involved collaboration across this disciplinary boundary. For a new generation of physicists, the phenomena of life pose exciting challenges to physics itself, and biophysics has emerged as an important subfield of this discipline. Here, William Bialek provides the first graduate-level introduction to biophysics aimed at physics students. Bialek begins by exploring how photon counting in vision offers important lessons about the opportunities for quantitative, physics-style experiments on diverse biological phenomena. He draws from these lessons three general physical principles—the importance of noise, the need to understand the extraordinary performance of living systems without appealing to finely tuned parameters, and the critical role of the representation and flow of information in the business of life. Bialek then applies these principles to a broad range of phenomena, including the control of gene expression, perception and memory, protein folding, the mechanics of the inner ear, the dynamics of biochemical reactions, and pattern formation in developing embryos. Featuring numerous problems and exercises throughout, Biophysics emphasizes the unifying power of abstract physical principles to motivate new and novel experiments on biological systems. Covers a range of biological phenomena from the physicist's perspective Features 200 problems Draws on statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and related mathematical concepts Includes an annotated bibliography and detailed appendixes

Integrative Biophysics

Author : Fritz-Albert Popp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401703736
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Integrative Biophysics written by Fritz-Albert Popp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the specialists working in this interdisciplinary field of physics, biology, biophysics and medicine are associated with "The International Institute of Biophysics" (IIB), in Neuss, Germany, where basic research and possibilities for applications are coordinated. The growth in this field is indicated by the increase in financial support, interest from the scientific community and frequency of publications. Audience: The scientists of IIB have presented the most essential background and applications of biophotonics in these lecture notes in biophysics, based on the summer school lectures by this group. This book is devoted to questions of elementary biophysics, as well as current developments and applications. It will be of interest to graduate and postgraduate students, life scientists, and the responsible officials of industries and governments looking for non-invasive methods of investigating biological tissues.

Quantum Aspects of Life

Author : Derek Abbott
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848162677
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Aspects of Life written by Derek Abbott and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quantum origin of life? -- Quantum mechanics and emergence -- Quantum coherence and the search for the first replicator -- Ultrafast quantum dynamics in photosynthesis -- Modelling quantum decoherence in biomolecules -- Molecular evolution -- Memory depends on the cytoskeleton, but is it quantum? -- Quantum metabolism and allometric scaling relations in biology -- Spectroscopy of the genetic code -- Towards understanding the origin of genetic languages -- Can arbitrary quantum systems undergo self-replication? -- A semi-quantum version of the game of life -- Evolutionary stability in quantum games -- Quantum transmemetic intelligence -- Dreams versus reality : plenary debate session on quantum computing -- Plenary debate: quantum effects in biology : trivial or not? -- Nontrivial quantum effects in biology : a skeptical physicists' view -- That's life! : the geometry of p electron clouds.

Biophysics

Author : William C. Parke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030441466
Total Pages : 703 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Biophysics written by William C. Parke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and extensively classroom-tested biophysics textbook is a complete introduction to the physical principles underlying biological processes and their applications to the life sciences and medicine. The foundations of natural processes are placed on a firm footing before showing how their consequences can be explored in a wide range of biosystems. The goal is to develop the readers’ intuition, understanding, and facility for creative analysis that are frequently required to grapple with problems involving complex living organisms. Topics cover all scales, encompassing the application of statics, fluid dynamics, acoustics, electromagnetism, light, radiation physics, thermodynamics, statistical physics, quantum biophysics, and theories of information, ordering, and evolutionary optimization to biological processes and bio-relevant technological implementations. Sound modeling principles are emphasized throughout, placing all the concepts within a rigorous framework. With numerous worked examples and exercises to test and enhance the reader’s understanding, this book can be used as a textbook for physics graduate students and as a supplementary text for a range of premedical, biomedical, and biophysics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be a useful reference for biologists, physicists, medical researchers, and medical device engineers who want to work from first principles.

The Origin of Life

Author : Paul Davies
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141941839
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Life written by Paul Davies and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of life remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of science. Growing evidence suggests that the first organisms lived deep underground, in environments previously thought to be uninhabitable, and that microbes carried inside rocks have travelled between Earth and Mars. But the question remains: how can life spring into being from non-living chemicals? THE FIFTH MIRACLE reveals the remarkable new theories and discoveries that seem set to transform our understanding of life's role in the unfolding drama of the cosmos.

Lectures on Cellular Biophysics

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789813275843
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Cellular Biophysics written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lectures On Statistical Physics And Protein Folding

Author : Kerson Huang
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814481068
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Lectures On Statistical Physics And Protein Folding written by Kerson Huang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-05-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces an approach to protein folding from the point of view of kinetic theory. There is an abundance of data on protein folding, but few proposals are available on the mechanism driving the process. Here, presented for the first time, are suggestions on possible research directions, as developed by the author in collaboration with C C Lin.The first half of this invaluable book contains a concise but relatively complete review of relevant topics in statistical mechanics and kinetic theory. It includes standard topics such as thermodynamics, the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, and ensemble theory. Special discussions include the dynamics of phase transitions, and Brownian motion as an illustration of stochastic processes.The second half develops topics in molecular biology and protein structure, with a view to discovering mechanisms underlying protein folding. Attention is focused on the energy flow through the protein in its folded state. A mathematical model, based on the Brownian motion of coupled harmonic oscillators, is worked out in the appendix.

Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model

Author : Matthew D. Schwartz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107034736
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model written by Matthew D. Schwartz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern introduction to quantum field theory for graduates, providing intuitive, physical explanations supported by real-world applications and homework problems.

Protein Physics

Author : Alexei V. Finkelstein
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0081012365
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Protein Physics written by Alexei V. Finkelstein and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protein Physics: A Course of Lectures covers the most general problems of protein structure, folding and function. It describes key experimental facts and introduces concepts and theories, dealing with fibrous, membrane, and water-soluble globular proteins, in both their native and denatured states. The book systematically summarizes and presents the results of several decades of worldwide fundamental research on protein physics, structure, and folding, describing many physical models that help readers make estimates and predictions of physical processes that occur in proteins. New to this revised edition is the inclusion of novel information on amyloid aggregation, natively disordered proteins, protein folding in vivo, protein motors, misfolding, chameleon proteins, advances in protein engineering & design, and advances in the modeling of protein folding. Further, the book provides problems with solutions, many new and updated references, and physical and mathematical appendices. In addition, new figures (including stereo drawings, with a special appendix showing how to use them) are added, making this an ideal resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers in academia in the fields of biophysics, physics, biochemistry, biologists, biotechnology, and chemistry. - Fully revised and expanded new edition based on the latest research developments in protein physics - Written by the world's top expert in the field - Deals with fibrous, membrane, and water-soluble globular proteins, in both their native and denatured states - Summarizes, in a systematic form, the results of several decades of worldwide fundamental research on protein physics and their structure and folding - Examines experimental data on protein structure in the post-genome era

Biophysics

Author : C. Sybesma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400922396
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Biophysics written by C. Sybesma and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, courses on biophysics are taught in almost all universities in the world, often in separate biophysics departments or divisions. This reflects the enormous growth of the field, even though the problem of its formal definition remains unsettled. In spite of this lack of definition, biophysics, which can be considered as an amalgamation of the biological and the physical sciences, is recognized as a major scientific activity that has led to spectacular developments in biology. It has increased our knowledge of biological systems to such an extent that even industrial and commercial interests are now beginning to put their stamps on biological research. A major part of these developments took place during the last two decades. Therefore, an introductory textbook on biophysics that was published a dozen years ago (c. Sybesma, An Introduction to Biophysics, Academic Press, 1977) no longer could fulfil " ... the need for a comprehensive but elementary textbook ... -" (R. Cammack, Nature 272 (1978), 96). However, because of the increased proliferation of biophysics into higher education, the need for introductory course texts on biophysics is stronger than ever. This fact, together with valuable comments of many readers, have encouraged me to revise the original book.

Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology

Author : Kunihiko Kaneko
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540326677
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology written by Kunihiko Kaneko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines life not from the reductionist point of view, but rather asks the questions: what are the universal properties of living systems, and how can one construct from there a phenomenological theory of life that leads naturally to complex processes such as reproductive cellular systems, evolution and differentiation? The presentation is relatively non-technical to appeal to a broad spectrum of students and researchers.

Molecular and Cellular Biophysics

Author : Meyer B. Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521624411
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book Molecular and Cellular Biophysics written by Meyer B. Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molecular and Cellular Biophysics provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a foundation in the basic concepts of biophysics. Students who have taken physical chemistry and calculus courses will find this book an accessible and valuable aid in learning how these concepts can be used in biological research. The text provides a rigorous treatment of the fundamental theories in biophysics and illustrates their application with examples. Conformational transitions of proteins are studied first using thermodynamics, and subsequently with kinetics. Allosteric theory is developed as the synthesis of conformational transitions and association reactions. Basic ideas of thermodynamics and kinetics are applied to topics such as protein folding, enzyme catalysis and ion channel permeation. These concepts are then used as the building blocks in a treatment of membrane excitability. Through these examples, students will gain an understanding of the general importance and broad applicability of biophysical principles to biological problems.

Creating a Physical Biology

Author : Phillip R. Sloan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226767825
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Creating a Physical Biology written by Phillip R. Sloan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its historical impact on the biological sciences, the paper entitled 'On the Nature of Gene Mutation and Gene Structure' has remained largely inaccessible because it was only published in a short-lived German periodical. This book makes the 'Three Man' Paper available in English for the first time.

Biological Physics

Author : Philip Nelson
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319038948
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Biological Physics written by Philip Nelson and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological Physics focuses on new results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years, and integrates these topics with classical results. The text also provides foundational material for the emerging field of nanotechnology.

Index of NLM Serial Titles

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Index of NLM Serial Titles written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.

Computational Biophysics

Author : Klaus Schulten
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN 13 : 9780123870100
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Computational Biophysics written by Klaus Schulten and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational Biophysics

Biophysics

Author : Rodney Cotterill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470854561
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Biophysics written by Rodney Cotterill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-07-07 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biophysics is an evolving, multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and behaviour. Biophysics: An Introduction, is a concise balanced introduction to this subject. Written in an accessible and readable style, the book takes a fresh, modern approach with the author successfully combining key concepts and theory with relevant applications and examples drawn from the field as a whole. Beginning with a brief introduction to the origins of biophysics, the book takes the reader through successive levels of complexity, from atoms to molecules, structures, systems and ultimately to the behaviour of organisms. The book also includes extensive coverage of biopolymers, biomembranes, biological energy, and nervous systems. The text not only explores basic ideas, but also discusses recent developments, such as protein folding, DNA/RNA conformations, molecular motors, optical tweezers and the biological origins of consciousness and intelligence. Biophysics: An Introduction * Is a carefully structured introduction to biological and medical physics * Provides exercises at the end of each chapter to encourage student understanding Assuming little biological or medical knowledge, this book is invaluable to undergraduate students in physics, biophysics and medical physics. The book is also useful for graduate students and researchers looking for a broad introduction to the subject.