| Description |
1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Series |
Foundations of Biochemistry and Biophysics Ser |
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Foundations of Biochemistry and Biophysics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to Volume One -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Personal Statements -- Chapter 1 Biological Thermodynamics: On Energy, Information, and Its Evil Twin, Entropy -- Chapter Overview -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Four Forces: Weak, Strong, Electromagnetic, and Gravitational -- an Emphasis on the Weak Force -- 1.3 Energy in Its Various Forms -- 1.4 Heat and Work -- 1.5 The Birth of Thermodynamics -- 1.6 Microscopic Origin of Entropy |
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1.7 The Rule of Law in Physics: Energy Conservation -- 1.8 The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics -- 1.9 Energy Cannot Be Created but Can Be Transformed -- 1.10 Heat, Entropy, and Energy Efficiency -- 1.11 Specific Heat -- 1.12 Thermodynamics of Mechanical Engines -- 1.13 The Carnot Engine -- 1.14 Enthalpy and Internal Energy-Compared and Contrasted -- 1.15 Gibbs Free Energy and the Chemical Potential -- 1.16 Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions -- 1.17 Information Energy -- 1.18 Thermodynamic Stability: Phase Transitions, Order Parameters, and Susceptibility Functions |
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1.19 Expanded Concepts of Entropy and Information -- 1.20 How Information Is Connected to Energy -- 1.21 Steady States and Homeostasis -- 1.22 Structures and Their Functions -- 1.23 Negative Entropy and Self-Organization -- 1.24 Biological Engines as Metaphors of the Carnot Engine -- 1.25 Metabolism: Life's Necessity -- 1.26 How Metabolism Is Linked to Aging -- 1.27 The Ultimate Source of Life's Energy: Photosynthesis -- 1.28 The Difference Between Quantum and Classical Metabolism May Be the Difference Between Health and Disease -- 1.29 Thermodynamic Processes in Metabolism |
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1.30 Two Paths to Metabolic Energy Production -- 1.31 Inflammation, Pathogenesis, and Obesity -- 1.32 Ecological Symbiosis of Plants and Animals -- 1.33 Metabolic Dysfunction and Disease States -- 1.34 Inflammation, Toxicity, and Reactive Oxygen Species -- 1.35 What Can Einstein's Theories of Relativity Tell Us about Aging? -- 1.36 Limitations of Scientific Reductionism and a Way out -- References -- Chapter 2 Biological Engines and the Molecular Machinery of Life -- Chapter Overview -- 2.1 Living Systems Viewed as Machines -- 2.2 Physical Forces in a Biological Context |
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2.3 Force and Energy Generation at the Organismic Level -- 2.4 Cell Energetics: The Cell as a Machine -- 2.5 Cells' Tensional Integrity: Tensegrity -- 2.6 The Mechanics of Cell Motion: Cell Motility -- 2.7 Energy Production and Energy Transduction -- 2.8 Mitochondria -- 2.9 Chloroplasts -- 2.10 Osmotic Work -- 2.11 Energy and Material Transport in and out of a Cell -- 2.11.1 Passive Transport -- 2.11.2 Active Transport -- 2.11.3 Ion Channels and Ion Pumps -- 2.12 The Cytoskeleton -- 2.13 Work During Cell Division: Chromosome Separation -- 2.14 Microtubules -- 2.15 Actin Filaments (Microfilaments) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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2.16 Intermediate Filaments |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000472158 |
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1000472159 |
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