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Biological thermodynamics / Donald T. Haynie.
LIBRA QP517.T48 H395 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haynie, Donald T. (Donald Templeton), 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thermodynamics.
- Physical biochemistry.
- Bioenergetics.
- Biophysics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Thermodynamics.
- Biophysics.
- Genre:
- Lehrbuch.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Emphasising basic concepts and the development of problem-solving skills, this is an introduction to the study of energy transformations for students of the biological sciences. Mathematical complexity is kept to a minimum.
- Contents:
- Energy transformation
- The first law of thermodynamics
- The second law of thermodynamics
- Gibbs free energy
- theory
- applications
- Statistical thermodynamics
- Binding equilibria
- Reaction kinetics
- The frontier of biological thermodynamics
- Appendices. General references ; Biocalorimetry ; Useful tables ; BASIC program for computing the intrinsic rate of amide hydrogen exchange from the backbone of a polypeptide.
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521884464
- 0521884462
- 9780521711340
- 0521711347
- OCLC:
- 187293976
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