The Physical Basis of Biochemistry : The Foundations of Molecular Biophysics /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Principles of Biophysical Inquiry
- Introduction: To the Student - First Edition
- Philosophy and Practice of Biophysical Study
- Overview of the Biological System Under Study
- Physical Thoughts, Biological Systems - The Application of Modeling Principles to Understanding Biological Systems
- Probability and Statistics
- Foundations
- Energy and Force - The Prime Observables
- Biophysical Forces in Molecular Systems
- Physical Principles: Quantum Mechanics
- Chemical Principles
- Measuring the Energy of a System: Energetics and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Which Way Is That System Going? The Gibbs Free Energy
- The Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria
- Building a Model of Biomolecular Structure
- Water: A Unique Solvent and Vital Component of Life
- Ion-Solvent Interactions
- Ion-Ion Interactions
- Lipids in Aqueous Solution
- Macromolecules in Solution
- Molecular Modeling - Mapping Biochemical State Space
- The Electrified Interphase
- Function and Action Biological State Space
- Transport - A Non-equilibrium Process
- Flow in a Chemical Potential Field: Diffusion
- Flow in an Electric Field: Conduction
- Forces Across Membranes
- Kinetics - Chemical Kinetics
- Dynamic Bioelectrochemistry - Charge Transfer in Biological Systems
- Methods for the Measuring Structure and Function
- Separation and Characterization of Biomolecules Based on Macroscopic Properties
- Analysis of Molecular Structure with Electronic Spectroscopy
- Molecular Structure from Scattering Phenomena
- Analysis of Structure - Microscopy
- Epilogue
- Physical Constants.