The Physical Basis of Biochemistry The Foundations of Molecular Biophysics /

The Physical Basis of Biochemistry is an introduction to the philosophy and practice of an interdisciplinary field in which biological systems are explored using the quantitative perspective of the physical scientist. As with the first edition, the idea that a fundamental understanding of the basic...

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Main Author: Bergethon, Peter R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:2.
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Introduction.Philosophy and practice of biophysical study.Overview of the biological system under study <U+0013> descriptive models.Physical thoughts, biological systems - the application of modeling principles to understanding biological systems.Probability and statistics -- Physical principles: energy, the prime observable.Biophysical forces in molecular systems.An introduction to quantum mechanics.Chemical principles.Measuring the energy of a system: energetics and the first law of thermodynamics.Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics.Which way did that system go? The gibbs free energy.The thermodynamics of phase equilibria -- Water: a unique structure, a unique solvent.Ion-solvent interactions.Ion-ion interactions.Lipids in aqueous solution.Macromolecules in solution.Molecular modeling - mapping biochemical state space.The electrified interphase -- Transport and kinetics: processes not at equilibrium.Flow in a chemical potential field: diffusion.Flow in an electrical field: conduction.Forces across membranes.Kinetics - chemical kinetics.Bioelectrochemistry <U+0013> charge transfer in biological systems -- Separation and characterization of biomolecules based on macroscopic properties.Determining structure by molecular interactions with photons: electronic spectroscopy.Determining structure by molecular interactions with photons: scattering phenomena.Analysis of structure <U+0013> microscopy.Epilogue.Physical constants -- Appendix A review of mathematical methods.Appendix B quantum electrodynamics.Appendix C the pre-socratic roots of modern science.Appendix D the poisson function.Appendix E assumptions of a kinetic theory of ideal gas behavior.Appendix F determination of a field from the potential.Appendix G geometric optics.Appendix H the compton effect.Appendix I hamilton's principle of least action/fermat's principle of least time.Appendix J energy of interaction between ions.Appendix K derivation of the statement, qrev > qirrev.Appendix L derivation of the clausius-clapeyron equation.Appendix M derivation of the van't hoff equation for osmotic pressure.Appendix N pseudoforces.Appendix O work of charging and discharging a rigid sphere.Appendix P review of electrical circuits.Appendix Q Fermi's golden rule.Appendix R adiabatic vs non-adiabatic processes. 
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