Physical biology of the cell /
Phillips, Rob, 1960-
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. - New York : Garland Science, c2009. - xxiv, 807 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why: biology by the numbers -- What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms -- When: stopwatches at many scales -- Who: "bless the little beasties" -- Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell -- Entropy rules! -- Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding -- Random walks and the structure of macromolecules -- Electrostatics for salty solutions -- Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons -- Biological membranes: life in two dimensions -- The mathematics of water -- A statistical view of biological dynamics -- Life in crowded and disordered environments -- Rate equations and dynamics in the cell -- Dynamics of molecular motors -- Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model -- Sequences, specificity, and evolution -- Network organization in space and time -- Whither physical biology?
9780815341635 0815341636
Biophysics.
Cytology.
Cells.
Cells --ultrastructure.
QH505 / .P455 2009
571.6 / PRP
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. - New York : Garland Science, c2009. - xxiv, 807 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why: biology by the numbers -- What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms -- When: stopwatches at many scales -- Who: "bless the little beasties" -- Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell -- Entropy rules! -- Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding -- Random walks and the structure of macromolecules -- Electrostatics for salty solutions -- Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons -- Biological membranes: life in two dimensions -- The mathematics of water -- A statistical view of biological dynamics -- Life in crowded and disordered environments -- Rate equations and dynamics in the cell -- Dynamics of molecular motors -- Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model -- Sequences, specificity, and evolution -- Network organization in space and time -- Whither physical biology?
9780815341635 0815341636
Biophysics.
Cytology.
Cells.
Cells --ultrastructure.
QH505 / .P455 2009
571.6 / PRP