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Physical biology of the cell / Rob Phillips, Jane Kondev, Julie Theriot ; illustrated by Nigel Orme ; with problems, solutions, and editorial assistance of Hernan G. Garcia.

By: Phillips, Rob (Robert Brooks), 1960-.
Contributor(s): Kondev, Jane | Theriot, Julie.
Publisher: New York : Garland Science, c2009Description: xxiv, 807 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780815341635 (pbk.); 0815341636 (pbk.).Subject(s): Biophysics | CytologyDDC classification: 571.6
Contents:
1. Why: biology by the numbers. 2. What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms. 3. When: stopwatches at many scales. 4. Who: "bless the little beasties" 5. Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell. 6. Entropy rules! 7. Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding. 8. Random walks and the structure of macromolecules. 9. Electrostatics for salty solutions. 10. Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons. 11. Biological membranes: life in two dimensions. 12. The mathematics of water. 13. A statistical view of biological dynamics. 14. Life in crowded and disordered environments. 15. Rate equations and dynamics in the cell. 16. Dynamics of molecular motors. 17. Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model. 18. Sequences, specificity, and evolution. 19. Network organization in space and time. 20. Whither physical biology?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why: biology by the numbers. 2. What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms. 3. When: stopwatches at many scales. 4. Who: "bless the little beasties" 5. Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell. 6. Entropy rules! 7. Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding. 8. Random walks and the structure of macromolecules. 9. Electrostatics for salty solutions. 10. Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons. 11. Biological membranes: life in two dimensions. 12. The mathematics of water. 13. A statistical view of biological dynamics. 14. Life in crowded and disordered environments. 15. Rate equations and dynamics in the cell. 16. Dynamics of molecular motors. 17. Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model. 18. Sequences, specificity, and evolution. 19. Network organization in space and time. 20. Whither physical biology?