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Random Walks in Biology
Howard C. Berg
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Description for Random Walks in Biology
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. This title provides a 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. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHS; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Weight
240g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691000640
SKU
V9780691000640
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99-50
About Howard C. Berg
Howard C. Berg is Professor of Biology at Harvard University and a Member of the Rowland Institute for Science.
Reviews for Random Walks in Biology
"A scholarly and pedagogically masterly introduction to diffusion, its physics and its statistics."
Charles DeLisi, Nature "I very strongly recommend this excellent book to students as a supplementary textbook in courses on biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics. Moreover, research scientists and scholars should enjoy reading it."
Akira Okubo, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Charles DeLisi, Nature "I very strongly recommend this excellent book to students as a supplementary textbook in courses on biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics. Moreover, research scientists and scholars should enjoy reading it."
Akira Okubo, The Quarterly Review of Biology