Cell Biology by the Numbers
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2015
400 pages
978-1-317-23069-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Top 25 CHOICE 2016 Title, and recipient of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) Award. How much energy is released in ATP hydrolysis? How many mRNAs are in a cell? How genetically similar are two random people? What is faster, transcription or translation?Cell Biology by the Numbers explores these questions and dozens of others provid
Reviews / Votes
"This unique book is all about numerical thinking in (cell) biology. In about 100 vignettes, each a few pages long, the authors address all kinds of questions from a quantitative perspective.Overall, this is an interesting and highly useful volume, which should sit on the shelf of anyone working in cell biology and related fields, as well as anyone who is just curious about (cell) biology from a quantitative perspective."Andreas Handel, Epidemiology & Biostatistics,University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Volume 92, Number 4 (December 2017) of The Quarterly Review of Biology
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-317-23069-4 (9781317230694)
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Additional editions
Ron Milo | Rob Phillips
Cell Biology by the Numbers
Book
12/2015
1st Edition
CRC Press
€61.00
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Content
The Path to Biological Numeracy1. Size and Geometry2. Concentrations and Absolute Numbers3. Energies and Forces 4. Rates and Duration5. Information & Errors6. A Quantitative MiscellanyEpilogue
