Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life

PART I: MYSTERIES, METAPHORS, MODELS - What the Ancients Knew - What's Inside Cells - PART II: DIFFUSION, DISSIPATION, DRIVE - The Molecular Dance - Random Walks, Friction, and Diffusion - Life in the Slow Lane: The Low Reynolds-Number World - Entropy, Temperature, and Free Energy - Entropic Forces at Work - Chemical Forces and Self-Assembly - PART III: MOLECULES, MACHINES, MECHANISMS - Cooperative Transitions in Macromolecules - Enzymes and Molecular Machines - Machines in Membranes - Nerve Impulses - Global List of Symbols and Units - Numerical Values - Index

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