Random Walks in Biology: New and Expanded Edition

Berg, Howard C.

ISBN 10: 0691000646 / ISBN 13: 9780691000640

Published by Princeton University Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Random Walks in Biology: New and Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691000646
• ISBN 13: 9780691000640
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book is a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. It provides a sound basis for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, or cells, or of processes that depend on such motion or are markedly affected by it. Readers do not need to understand thermodynamics in order to acquire a knowledge of the physics involved in diffusion, sedimentation, electrophoresis, chromatography, and cell motility--subjects that become lively and immediate when the author discusses them in terms of random walks of individual particles.

About the Author

Howard C. Berg is Professor of Biology at Harvard University and a Member of the Rowland Institute for Science.