Biophysics / Gurdeep R. Chatwal ; edited by Madhu Arora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chatwal, Gurdeep R.

Contributor:

Arora, Madhu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Mumbai [India] : Himalaya Pub. House, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary subject. This present text discusses the various aspects of Biophysics,giving approximately equal emphasis to these major aspects. It has been thus possible to show the inter -relationship of the different aspects of the subject in a coherent framework .This text has been written to be,as far as is possible ,self contained ,with most equations fully derived and critically discussed. It is supported by a large number of diagrams and micrographs which the author may feel necessary.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Chapter 1 : Introduction to Biophysics; Chapter 2 : Laws of Physics and Chemistry; Chapter 3 : Bioenergetics; Chapter 4 : Carbohydrates; Chapter 5 : Proteins; Chapter 6 : Nucleic Acids; Chapter 7: Lipids and Biological Membranes; Chapter 8 : Light Microscopy; Chapter 9 : Electron Microscopy; Chapter 10 : Radioactivity; Chapter 11 : Separation Techniques; Chapter 12 : Physico-Chemical Techniques to Study Biomolecules; Chapter 13 : Spectroscopy; Chapter 14 : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Chapter 15 : X-Ray Crystallography; Chapter 16 : Model Building

Chapter 17 : Energy Pathways in BiologyChapter 18 : Biomechanics; Chapter 19 : Neurobiophysics; Chapter 20 : Origin and Evolution of Life

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-80150-3

9786612801501

1-4416-6121-2

93-5043-407-5

600-00-2685-4

OCLC:

700692116