Biological physics, the application of physics to provide an understanding of biological phenomenas, is a burgeoning, new inter-disciplinary subject. This text explores the physics behind the architecture of a cell's envelope and internal scaffolding, as well as the properties of its soft components. The analysis is performed within a consistent mathematical framework, although readers can navigate from the introductory material to biological applications without working through the intervening mathematics. The book includes applications and extensions handled through problems at the end of each chapter. This text is aimed at senior undergraduates and graduate students in science and biomedical engineering.
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'In Mechanics of the Cell David Boal explains the mechanical properties of the biopolymers found within cells ... for graduate students in the general field and for biotechnologists required to consider added dimensions to their work it represents a comprehensive text that ought to make it a standard reference for many years.' Ian Jones, Chemistry in Britain
'If we were really honest with ourselves, most of us would have to admit that we often take the humble biological cell for granted ... David Boal describes the architecture of the biological cell's internal and external structure in extensive detail ... This book is highly detailed; by virtue of the incredibly complex mechanics underlying the specialised properties of biological cells, it needs to be!' Kevin Coward, Biologist
'This book is by a physicist attempting to get across the underlying physical principles behind biological structures ... a very useful text, which fills a hole in the literature, and will serve as a useful reference for a number of years to come.' John Seddon, Chemistry & Industry
'If we were really honest with ourselves, most of us would have to admit that we often take the humble biological cell for granted ... David Boal describes the architecture of the biological cell's internal and external structure in extensive detail ... This book is highly detailed; by virtue of the incredibly complex mechanics underlying the specialised properties of biological cells, it needs to be!' Kevin Coward, Biologist
'This book is by a physicist attempting to get across the underlying physical principles behind biological structures ... a very useful text, which fills a hole in the literature, and will serve as a useful reference for a number of years to come.' John Seddon, Chemistry & Industry
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Biological physics (the application of physics to understand biological phenomena) is a burgeoning, new inter-disciplinary subject. Aimed at senior undergraduates and graduate students in science and biomedical engineering, this text explores the physics behind the architecture of a cell's envelope and internal scaffolding, and the properties of its soft components. The analysis is performed within a consistent mathematical framework, although readers can navigate from the introductory material to biological applications without working through the intervening mathematics. Further applications and extensions are handled through problems at the end of each chapter.
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The number of cells in the human body is literally astronomical, about three orders of magnitude more than the number of stars in the Milky Way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spontaneous curvature model, area compression modulus, auditory outer hair cell, area per vertex, volume compression modulus, cellular length scales, floppy chains, quote your answer, membrane undulations, polymerized membranes, thermal undulations, soft filaments, counterion density, entropic pressure, peptide strings, peptidoglycan network, spring network, stiff filaments, erythrocyte cytoskeleton, parent membrane, persistence length, thermal ratchets, cellular filaments, independent moduli, wire outline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Problems Biological, University of Guelph, American Physical Society, Routledge Inc, Biophysical Society, Combining Eqs, Rockefeller University Press, University of British Columbia New!
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The number of cells in the human body is literally astronomical, about three orders of magnitude more than the number of stars in the Milky Way. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spontaneous curvature model, area compression modulus, auditory outer hair cell, area per vertex, volume compression modulus, cellular length scales, floppy chains, quote your answer, membrane undulations, polymerized membranes, thermal undulations, soft filaments, counterion density, entropic pressure, peptide strings, peptidoglycan network, spring network, stiff filaments, erythrocyte cytoskeleton, parent membrane, persistence length, thermal ratchets, cellular filaments, independent moduli, wire outline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Problems Biological, University of Guelph, American Physical Society, Routledge Inc, Biophysical Society, Combining Eqs, Rockefeller University Press, University of British Columbia New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Introduction to Differential Geometry by Abraham Goetz in Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics) by Frederick Reif in Back Matter
- Fluid Mechanics by Raymond Charles Binder in Back Matter
- Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils by J. William Schopf in Back Matter
- Living Blood Cells and Their Ultrastructure by Marcel Bessis in Back Matter
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- Life - As a Matter of Fat by Ole G. Mouritsen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Models and Measurements in Cell Mechanics (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering) by Mohammad R. K. Mofrad on page 54, and page 83
- Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology (Scottish Graduate Series) by W.C.K. Poon on page 75, and page 154
- Biomechanics at Micro- And Nanoscale Levels by Hiroshi Wada (Editor) on page 159
- Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Surfaces (Second Edition) by David Nelson on page 354
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