TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glaser,Roland
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Biophysics
SN  - 9783642086397
AV  - QH345 
U1  - 571.4 23
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Human physiology
KW  - Biochemistry
KW  - Cytology
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Biochemistry, general
KW  - Biophysics and Biological Physics
KW  - Human Physiology
KW  - Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
KW  - Cell Biology
N1  - 1 Nature and Subject of Biophysics -- 2 Molecular Structure of Biological Systems -- 3 Energetics and Dynamics of Biological Systems -- 4 Physical Factors of the Environment -- 5 The Kinetics of Biological Systems -- References; License restrictions may limit access
N2  - The message of this book is that biophysics is the science of physical principles underlying the "phenomenon life" on all levels of organization. Rather than teaching "physics for biologists" or "physical methods applied to biology", it regards its subject as a defined discipline with its own network of ideas and approaches. The book starts by explaining molecular structures of biological systems, various kinds of atomic, molecular and ionic interactions, movements, energy transfer, self organization of supramolecular structures and dynamic properties of biological membranes. It then goes on to introduce the biological organism as a non-equilibrium system, before treating thermodynamic concepts of osmotic and electrolyte equilibria as well as currents and potential profiles. It continues with topics of environmental biophysics and such medical aspects as the influence of electromagnetic fields or radiation on living systems and the biophysics of hearing and noice protection. The book concludes with a discussion of system analyses, including models of neural processes as well as of ecological interactions, growth, differentiation and evolution
UR  - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio11301708
ER  -