This graduate text, suitable for students in physiology and biophysics, and medical students specializing in neurophysiology and related fields, is a comprehensive discussion of biological mass transfer and bioelectrical phenomena. Emphasis is given to the applicability of physics, physical chemistry and mathematics to the quantitative analysis of biological processes, with all the necessary mathematical grounding provided in Chapter 1. This book guides the student through four key stages of quantitative analysis, which are central to the understanding of cell membrane functions.
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This graduate text, suitable for students in physiology and biophysics and medical students specialising in neurophysiology and related fields, provides a comprehensive discussion of biological mass transfer and bioelectrical phenomena. Emphasis has been given to the applicability of physics, physical chemistry and mathematics to the quantitative analysis of biological processes, with all the necessary mathematical grounding provided in Chapter 1. This book guides the student through the key stages needed for the formulation of biological models and interpretation of mathematical solutions, central to the understanding of cell membrane functions.
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Ove Sten-Knudsen is Professor Emeritus in Biophysics at Copenhagen University, Denmark, and a leading authority on muscle and membrane biophysics. He has previously carried out research in the Departments of Biophysics at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and University College London. Ove Sten-Knudsen is a Fellow of the Royal Danish Science Society and the Physiological Society of London.
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In biological research there is a steadily increasing trend to describe functions and mechanisms quantitatively by applying ideas and concepts from physics and physical chemistry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
diphasic action potential, local current loops, new stationary value, longitudinal current flow, instantaneous plane source, outer concentration, pure water phase, sodium hypothesis, two electrolyte solutions, ideal semipermeable membrane, frog muscle fiber, propagated action potential, normal sea water, mosaic membrane, membrane action potential, diffusion potential, postsynaptic membrane potential, mechanical mobility, cable equation, monophasic action potential, propagating action potential, blocked region, unidirectional fluxes, sodium conductance, instantaneous source Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nobel Prize, After Hodgkin, New York, Lord Kelvin, Cambridge University Press, Compare Section, Distance Fig, Faraday Soc, Liverpool University Press, Ludwig Boltzmann, Otto Loewi, President of The Royal Society New!
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diphasic action potential, local current loops, new stationary value, longitudinal current flow, instantaneous plane source, outer concentration, pure water phase, sodium hypothesis, two electrolyte solutions, ideal semipermeable membrane, frog muscle fiber, propagated action potential, normal sea water, mosaic membrane, membrane action potential, diffusion potential, postsynaptic membrane potential, mechanical mobility, cable equation, monophasic action potential, propagating action potential, blocked region, unidirectional fluxes, sodium conductance, instantaneous source Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nobel Prize, After Hodgkin, New York, Lord Kelvin, Cambridge University Press, Compare Section, Distance Fig, Faraday Soc, Liverpool University Press, Ludwig Boltzmann, Otto Loewi, President of The Royal Society New!
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- Modern Electrochemistry, Vol. 1 by John O. Bockris on page 297, and Back Matter
- Modern Electrochemistry: An Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Area, Vol. 1 by John O'M. Bockris on page 297, and Back Matter
- Physical Chemistry by Walter John Moore on page 241, and Back Matter
- Statistical Mechanics by Donald Allan McQuarrie on page 246, and Back Matter
- Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes (3rd Edition) by Bertil Hille on page 479, and Back Matter
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