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Physics in Molecular Biology

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The book is short compared to the ones published in the same area of research, but it is quite informative and easy to follow. One can find most of the important concepts about polymer physics, but sometimes a secondary resource could be needed. Overall, it is worth the price.

In recent years physicists have been developing a series of statistical tools that help them to understand how large groups of things operate. Even more recently some of these same techniques have begun to be applied to biological concepts and to the modelling of complex biological processes. The techniques use the standard physical concepts of force, energy, and entropy but apply them to life processes.

Dr. Sneppen is a professor of biophysics. He is a theorist who teaches on the physics of biological system and mathematical biology. Dr. Zocchi teaches biophysics at advanced undergraduate and graduate level at UCLA. This book is intended as a text for third or fourth year study in the physics department undergraduate school. It is written from the standpoint of the physicist and should serve as an introduction to the merger of the physical and biological sciences. Obviously some background in statistics and biology will help the student, but it is not required.

I was just browsing a sample on my kindle and this book is terribly hard to read. I am not referring to the content, many characters and sometimes whole words in the text are just impossible to read or too faint. A book in this condition would never be sold in any paper bookstore. Amazon should do something about it.