Phillips, Rob,   1960-  <br/><br/>
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.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index.  
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815341635 0815341636 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biophysics. <br/>Cytology. <br/>Cells.<br/>Cells --ultrastructure. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH505   / .P455 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>571.6  / PRP