Biophysics

Glaser, Roland; Roland Glaser

ISBN 10: 3540670882 / ISBN 13: 9783540670889

Published by Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg, Germany/Bundesrepublik Deutschland & New York, 2001

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361 pp. Text in German. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biophysics
• Publisher: Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg, Germany/Bundesrepublik Deutschland & New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3540670882
• ISBN 13: 9783540670889
• Binding: Decorative Hardcover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Modern, Applied & Natural Sciences
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Natural Sciences

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Synopsis

Biophysics is the science of physical principles underlying the "phenomenon of life" on all levels of organization. This book begins by explaining molecular and ionic interactions, movements, excitation and energy transfer, and the self-organization of supramolecular structures. Then the biological organism is introduced as a non-equilibrium system. Finally, system analyses are discussed as well as environmental biophysics, ecological interactions, growth, differentiation, and evolution. A growing number of applications in biotechnology are based on these biophysical concepts.

From the Back Cover

The message of this book is that biophysics is the science of physical principles underlying the "phenomenon life" on all levels of organization. Rather than teaching "physics for biologists" or "physical methods applied to biology", it regards its subject as a defined discipline with its own network of ideas and approaches. The book starts by explaining molecular structures of biological systems, various kinds of atomic, molecular and ionic interactions, movements, energy transfer, self organization of supramolecular structures and dynamic properties of biological membranes. It then goes on to introduce the biological organism as a non-equilibrium system, before treating thermodynamic concepts of osmotic and electrolyte equilibria as well as currents and potential profiles. It continues with topics of environmental biophysics and such medical aspects as the influence of electromagnetic fields or radiation on living systems and the biophysics of hearing and noice protection. The book concludes with a discussion of system analyses, including models of neural processes as well as of ecological interactions, growth, differentiation and evolution.