Biophysics for Physicists
Published on 31. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-981-02-0501-0 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook is both an introduction to biophysics from a physics perspective and a guide to current problems and techniques in the subject. The aim is to get physicists interested in biophysics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-981-02-0501-0 (9789810205010)
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Content
Introduction - is there physics in biophysics?; nuts and bolts - the composition of biomolecules, problems in biophysics; understanding the solvent - the physics of water, the statistics of random and non-random polymers, spin glasses and protein conformations, evidence for protein configurational complexity, protein dynamics; esoteric models for protein dynamics - the role of nonlinearities, charge transport in proteins, DNA dynamics; esoteric models for DNA dynamics - the role of nonlinearities; protein-DNA interactions - how does recognition occur?, how can proteins age?, neural networks and spin glasses, physical models for evolution.