Binding: Paperback
Description: Biophysics is an evolving multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and behaviour. Biophysics: An Introduction is a concise balanced introduction to this subject. Written in an accessible and readable style the book takes a fresh modern approach with the author successfully combining key concepts and theory with relevant applications and examples drawn from the field as a whole. Beginning with a brief introduction to the origins of biophysics the book takes the reader through successive levels of complexity from atoms to molecules structures systems and ultimately to the behaviour of organisms. The book also includes extensive coverage of biopolymers biomembranes biological energy and nervous systems. The text not only explores basic ideas but also discusses recent developments such as protein folding DN a/ RN a conformations molecular motors optical tweezers and the biological origins of consciousness and intelligence. Biophysics: An Introduction * Is a carefully structured introduction to biological and medical physics * Provides exercises at the end of each chapter to encourage student understanding Assuming little biological or medical knowledge this book is invaluable to undergraduate students in physics biophysics and medical physics. The book is also useful for graduate students and researchers looking for a broad introduction to the subject.
Title: Biophysics An Introduction
Author(s): Cotterill Rodney (Danish Technical University Denmark)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Barcode: 9780471485384
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 8/16/2002
Category: Biophysics