Biological Physics

Author : Virulh Sa-yakanit,Stig Lundqvist
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9812811303

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Proceedings of the First Workshop on Biological Physics 2000 by Virulh Sa-yakanit,Stig Lundqvist Pdf

This book is devoted to the broad subject of flavor physics, embracing the question of what distinguishes one type of elementary particles from another. The articles range from the forefront of formal theory (treating the physics of extra dimensions) to details of particle detectors. Although special emphasis is placed on the physics of kaons, charmed and beauty particles, top quarks, and neutrinos, the articles also dealing with electroweak physics, quantum chromodynamics, supersymmetry, and dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking. Violations of fundamental symmetries such as time reversal invariance are discussed in the context of neutral kaons, beauty particles, electric dipole moments, and parity violation in atoms. The physics of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix and of quark masses are described in some detail, both from the standpoint of present and future experimental knowledge and from a more fundamental viewpoint, where physicists are still searching for the correct theory

Author : Gabor Forgacs,Stuart A. Newman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139447319

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Biological Physics of the Developing Embryo by Gabor Forgacs,Stuart A. Newman Pdf

During development cells and tissues undergo changes in pattern and form that employ a wider range of physical mechanisms than at any other time in an organism's life. This book shows how physics can be used to analyze these biological phenomena. Written to be accessible to both biologists and physicists, major stages and components of the biological development process are introduced and then analyzed from the viewpoint of physics. The presentation of physical models requires no mathematics beyond basic calculus. Physical concepts introduced include diffusion, viscosity and elasticity, adhesion, dynamical systems, electrical potential, percolation, fractals, reaction-diffusion systems, and cellular automata. With full-color figures throughout, this comprehensive textbook teaches biophysics by application to developmental biology and is suitable for graduate and upper-undergraduate courses in physics and biology.

Author : Bertrand Duplantier,Vincent Rivasseau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783034604284

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Biological Physics by Bertrand Duplantier,Vincent Rivasseau Pdf

The book contains articles from leading experts in different areas of biological physics. Topics ranging from cell dynamics to the evolution of multicellularity to conscious versus non-conscious evidence accumulation are reviewed and discussed, both from a theoretical and an experimental perspective. Furthermore, current developments of practical applications like magnetic tweezers for the study of DNA replication and brain imaging are presented.

Author : Hans Frauenfelder,Leif Matsson,Virulh Sa-yakanit
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814491037

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Biological Physics 2000, Proceedings Of The First Workshop by Hans Frauenfelder,Leif Matsson,Virulh Sa-yakanit Pdf

Like inanimate matter, biological matter is condensed, though it may be more complex. However, a living cell is a chemically open system with biological functions that are often a nonstationary, nonlinear type of collective phenomena driven by chemical reactants, e.g. ATP, GTP, ligands and receptors. The living cell and many of its subsystems are hence lyotropic systems, depending on various reactant concentrations rather than the temperature. Nonlocal and local correlations of the interacting molecules become the prerequisites for signal transduction.This book constitutes the proceedings of the workshop entitled “Biological Physics 2000”.

Author : R.K. Mishra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400918900

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Molecular and Biological Physics of Living Systems by R.K. Mishra Pdf

The living organisms and systems possess extraordinary properties of programmed development, differentiation, growth, response, movement, duplication of key molecules and in m any cases higher mental functions. But the organisms are physical objects so they must follow laws of physics yet they do not seem to obey them. Physicists cannot easily persuade themselves to accept this as finally true. Non-living objects are governed by these laws of physics and they can explain these properties. However, in the living systems too phenomena encountered like coupled non-linear interactions, manybody effects, cooperativity, coherence, phase transitions, reversible metastable states are being understood better with the aid of powerful theoretical and experimental techniques and hope is raised that these may let us understand the mysteriousness of life. Contributors to this volume are a small fraction of rapidly growing scientific opinion that these aspects of living bodies are to be expected in a hitherto inadequately suspected state of matter which is in the main directed by these physical properties pushed almost to limit. This state of matter, the living matter, deserves to be called The Living State. Mishra proposes that given hydrogenic orbitals, atoms showing easy hybridisability and multiple valances, molecules with low-lying electronic levels, "loosestructure", and a metabolic pump in thermodynamically open system, various fundamental properties of living state can emerge automatically. Structurally these are all known to be present.

Author : Kirsten Franklin,Paul Muir,Terry Scott,Paul Yates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118934500

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Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences by Kirsten Franklin,Paul Muir,Terry Scott,Paul Yates Pdf

A thoroughly updated and extended new edition of this well-regarded introduction to the basic concepts of biological physics for students in the health and life sciences. Designed to provide a solid foundation in physics for students following health science courses, the text is divided into six sections: Mechanics, Solids and Fluids, Thermodynamics, Electricity and DC Circuits, Optics, and Radiation and Health. Filled with illustrative examples, Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences, Second Edition features a wealth of concepts, diagrams, ideas and challenges, carefully selected to reference the biomedical sciences. Resources within the text include interspersed problems, objectives to guide learning, and descriptions of key concepts and equations, as well as further practice problems. NEW CHAPTERS INCLUDE: Optical Instruments Advanced Geometric Optics Thermodynamic Processes Heat Engines and Entropy Thermodynamic Potentials This comprehensive text offers an important resource for health and life science majors with little background in mathematics or physics. It is also an excellent reference for anyone wishing to gain a broad background in the subject. Topics covered include: Kinematics Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion Energy Waves Sound and Hearing Elasticity Fluid Dynamics Temperature and the Zeroth Law Ideal Gases Phase and Temperature Change Water Vapour Thermodynamics and the Body Static Electricity Electric Force and Field Capacitance Direct Currents and DC Circuits The Eye and Vision Optical Instruments Atoms and Atomic Physics The Nucleus and Nuclear Physics Ionising Radiation Medical imaging Magnetism and MRI Instructor’s support material available through companion website, www.wiley.com/go/biological_physics

Author : Philip Nelson
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0716743728

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Biological Physics by Philip Nelson Pdf

Physics and engineering departments are building research programs in biological physics, but until now there has not been a synthesis of this dynamic field at the undergraduate level. Biological Physics focuses on new results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years, and integrates these topics with classical results. The text also provides foundational material for the emerging field of nanotechnology. The text is built around a self-contained core geared toward undergraduate students who have had one year of calculus-based physics. Additional "Track-2" sections contain more advanced material for senior physics majors and graduate students.

Author : Lev Aleksandrovich Bli︠u︡menfelʹd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015017276448

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Problems of Biological Physics by Lev Aleksandrovich Bli︠u︡menfelʹd Pdf

Author : R. Lipowsky,E. Sackmann
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-06-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080541917

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Structure and Dynamics of Membranes by R. Lipowsky,E. Sackmann Pdf

The first volume of the Handbook deals with the amazing world of biomembranes and lipid bilayers. Part A describes all aspects related to the morphology of these membranes, beginning with the complex architecture of biomembranes, continues with a description of the bizarre morphology of lipid bilayers and concludes with technological applications of these membranes. The first two chapters deal with biomembranes, providing an introduction to the membranes of eucaryotes and a description of the evolution of membranes. The following chapters are concerned with different aspects of lipids including the physical properties of model membranes composed of lipid-protein mixtures, lateral phase separation of lipids and proteins and measurement of lipid-protein bilayer diffusion. Other chapters deal with the flexibility of fluid bilayers, the closure of bilayers into vesicles which attain a large variety of different shapes, and applications of lipid vesicles and liposomes. Part B covers membrane adhesion, membrane fusion and the interaction of biomembranes with polymer networks such as the cytoskeleton. The first two chapters of this part discuss the generic interactions of membranes from the conceptual point of view. The following two chapters summarize the experimental work on two different bilayer systems. The next chapter deals with the process of contact formation, focal bounding and macroscopic contacts between cells. The cytoskeleton within eucaryotic cells consists of a network of relatively stiff filaments of which three different types of filaments have been identified. As explained in the next chapter much has been recently learned about the interaction of these filaments with the cell membrane. The final two chapters deal with membrane fusion.

Author : Ken Dill,Sarina Bromberg
Publisher : Garland Science
Page : 845 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136672989

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Molecular Driving Forces by Ken Dill,Sarina Bromberg Pdf

Molecular Driving Forces, Second Edition E-book is an introductory statistical thermodynamics text that describes the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological processes. It demonstrates how the complex behaviors of molecules can result from a few simple physical processes, and how simple models provide surprisingly accurate insights into the workings of the molecular world. Widely adopted in its First Edition, Molecular Driving Forces is regarded by teachers and students as an accessible textbook that illuminates underlying principles and concepts. The Second Edition includes two brand new chapters: (1) "Microscopic Dynamics" introduces single molecule experiments; and (2) "Molecular Machines" considers how nanoscale machines and engines work. "The Logic of Thermodynamics" has been expanded to its own chapter and now covers heat, work, processes, pathways, and cycles. New practical applications, examples, and end-of-chapter questions are integrated throughout the revised and updated text, exploring topics in biology, environmental and energy science, and nanotechnology. Written in a clear and reader-friendly style, the book provides an excellent introduction to the subject for novices while remaining a valuable resource for experts.

Author : Wokyung Sung
Publisher : Springer
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789402415841

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Statistical Physics for Biological Matter by Wokyung Sung Pdf

This book aims to cover a broad range of topics in statistical physics, including statistical mechanics (equilibrium and non-equilibrium), soft matter and fluid physics, for applications to biological phenomena at both cellular and macromolecular levels. It is intended to be a graduate level textbook, but can also be addressed to the interested senior level undergraduate. The book is written also for those involved in research on biological systems or soft matter based on physics, particularly on statistical physics. Typical statistical physics courses cover ideal gases (classical and quantum) and interacting units of simple structures. In contrast, even simple biological fluids are solutions of macromolecules, the structures of which are very complex. The goal of this book to fill this wide gap by providing appropriate content as well as by explaining the theoretical method that typifies good modeling, namely, the method of coarse-grained descriptions that extract the most salient features emerging at mesoscopic scales. The major topics covered in this book include thermodynamics, equilibrium statistical mechanics, soft matter physics of polymers and membranes, non-equilibrium statistical physics covering stochastic processes, transport phenomena and hydrodynamics. Generic methods and theories are described with detailed derivations, followed by applications and examples in biology. The book aims to help the readers build, systematically and coherently through basic principles, their own understanding of nonspecific concepts and theoretical methods, which they may be able to apply to a broader class of biological problems.

Author : Kirsten Franklin,Paul Muir,Terry Scott,Lara Wilcocks,Paul Yates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0470711396

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Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences by Kirsten Franklin,Paul Muir,Terry Scott,Lara Wilcocks,Paul Yates Pdf

This book aims to demystify fundamental biophysics for students in the health and biosciences required to study physics and to understand the mechanistic behaviour of biosystems. The text is well supplemented by worked conceptual examples that will constitute the main source for the students, while combining conceptual examples and practice problems with more quantitative examples and recent technological advances.

Author : William Bialek
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400845576

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Biophysics by William Bialek Pdf

Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology--from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain--have involved collaboration across this disciplinary boundary. For a new generation of physicists, the phenomena of life pose exciting challenges to physics itself, and biophysics has emerged as an important subfield of this discipline. Here, William Bialek provides the first graduate-level introduction to biophysics aimed at physics students. Bialek begins by exploring how photon counting in vision offers important lessons about the opportunities for quantitative, physics-style experiments on diverse biological phenomena. He draws from these lessons three general physical principles--the importance of noise, the need to understand the extraordinary performance of living systems without appealing to finely tuned parameters, and the critical role of the representation and flow of information in the business of life. Bialek then applies these principles to a broad range of phenomena, including the control of gene expression, perception and memory, protein folding, the mechanics of the inner ear, the dynamics of biochemical reactions, and pattern formation in developing embryos. Featuring numerous problems and exercises throughout, Biophysics emphasizes the unifying power of abstract physical principles to motivate new and novel experiments on biological systems. Covers a range of biological phenomena from the physicist's perspective Features 200 problems Draws on statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and related mathematical concepts Includes an annotated bibliography and detailed appendixes Instructor's manual (available only to teachers)

Author : Thomas Logan,Quintin McLennan,Patrick Henderson Aitken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Biochemistry
ISBN : UCAL:B4085223

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Biological Physics, Physic & Metaphysics by Thomas Logan,Quintin McLennan,Patrick Henderson Aitken Pdf

Author : Christof M. Aegerter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108423342

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Introductory Physics for Biological Scientists by Christof M. Aegerter Pdf

An introduction to the fundamental physical principles related to the study of biological phenomena, structured around relevant biological examples.