Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life (New Updated Edition)

Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life (Updated New Edition) By Philip Nelson

Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life by Philip Nelson is an award-winning university textbook that brings readers from first-year physics and chemistry to the frontier of single-molecule biophysics. This updated edition focuses on results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years, integrating these topics with classic results in statistical physics, biophysical chemistry, and neuroscience. Rather than offering a pile of facts, the discovery-style exposition frequently asks readers to reflect on how biological mechanisms could happen at all, then shows how science has proceeded incrementally to uncover the answers.

Topics commonly covered include:

• Statistical physics of diffusion

• Bacterial motility

• Self-assembly of biological macromolecules

• Entropic forces

• Enzyme kinetics

• Ion channels and pumps

• The chemiosmotic mechanism and its role in ATP maintenance

• The discovery of the mechanism of neural signaling

• Molecular motors and biomotors

• Single-molecule manipulation techniques

• Hodgkin-Huxley equations and neuron modeling

Key features:

• Uses examples from biology to illustrate important principles of statistical and soft condensed matter physics

• Provides foundational material for the emerging fields of nanotechnology and mechanobiology

• Significant overlap with the revised MCAT exam syllabus

• Exercises given at all levels of difficulty

• Illustrated edition featuring artwork by David Goodsell

• Updated new edition reflecting current developments in biophysics research

Perfect for:

• MBBS and medical students

• Physics, biophysics, and molecular biology students

• Students preparing for the MCAT

• Nursing and allied health science students studying biophysics

• Faculty teaching interdisciplinary physics-biology courses

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