Physics of life the physicist's road to biology / by Clas Blomberg.
| Author/creator | Blomberg, Clas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, |
| Description | x, 426 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Physics and Astronomy 2007 |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The physics basics -- Concepts and numerical reference - Basics of classical (Newtonian) dynamics -- Electricity : the core of reductionism basis -- Quantum mechanics -- Basic thermodynamics -- Statistical thermodynamics -- Some trends in 20th century physics -- From the simple equilibrium to the complex -- Theoretical physics models : important analogies -- The biological molecules -- What is life? -- Thermodynamics formalism and examples : combinatorial expressions and Stirling's formula -- Examples of entropy and order/disorder -- Statistical thermodynamics models -- Probability concepts -- Stochastic processes -- Random walk -- Step processes : master equations -- Brownian motion : first description -- Diffusion and continuous stochastic processes -- Brownian motion and continuation -- Protein folding and structure dynamics -- Enzyme kinetics -- What does non-linearity do? -- Oscillations and space variation -- Deterministic chaos -- Noise and non-linear phenomena -- Recognition and selection in biological synthesis -- Brownian ratchet : unidirectional processes -- The neural system -- Origin of life -- Physics aspects of evolution -- Determinism and randomness -- Higher functions of life -- About the direction of time -- We live in the best of worlds : the anthropic principle. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-419) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010293078 |
| ISBN | 9780444527981 |
| ISBN | 0444527982 |
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