Designed for biology, physics, and medical students, Introductory Biophysics: Perspectives on the Living State, provides a comprehensive overview of the complex subject of biological physics. The companion CD-ROM, with MATLAB examples and the student version of QuickFieldTM, allows the student to perform biophysical simulations and modify the textbook example files. Included in the text are computer simulations of thermodynamics, astrobiology, the response of living cells to external fields, chaos in population dynamics, numerical models of evolution, electrical circuit models of cell suspension, gap junctions, and neuronal action potentials. With this text students will be able to perform biophysical simulations within hours.
Chapter 1 Building Blocks and Structure
Chapter 2 Living State Interactions
Chapter 3 Heat Transfer in Biomaterials
Chapter 4 Living State Thermodynamics
Chapter 5 Open Systems and Chemical Thermodynamics
Chapter 6 Diffusion and Transport
Chapter 7 Fluids
Chapter 8 Bioenergetics and Molecular Motors
Chapter 9 Passive Electrical Prolperties of Living Cells
Chapter10 Nerve Conduction
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