000			01942cam a22002414a 4500
008			100429s2007 ne a b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780444527981
020			_a0444527982
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aQH505 _bB653 P 2007
100	1		_aBlomberg, Clas. _9202648
245	1	0	_aPhysics of life : _bthe physicist's road to biology / _cby Clas Blomberg.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aAmsterdam ; _aBoston : _bElsevier, _c2007.
300			_a426 p. : _bill.
505	0		_aThe physics basics -- Concepts and numerical reference - Basics of classical (Newtonian) dynamics -- Electricity : the core of reductionism basis -- Quantum mechanics -- Basic thermodynamics -- Statistical thermodynamics -- Some trends in 20th century physics -- From the simple equilibrium to the complex -- Theoretical physics models : important analogies -- The biological molecules -- What is life? -- Thermodynamics formalism and examples : combinatorial expressions and Stirling's formula -- Examples of entropy and order/disorder -- Statistical thermodynamics models -- Probability concepts -- Stochastic processes -- Random walk -- Step processes : master equations -- Brownian motion : first description -- Diffusion and continuous stochastic processes -- Brownian motion and continuation -- Protein folding and structure dynamics -- Enzyme kinetics -- What does non-linearity do? -- Oscillations and space variation -- Deterministic chaos -- Noise and non-linear phenomena -- Recognition and selection in biological synthesis -- Brownian ratchet : unidirectional processes -- The neural system -- Origin of life -- Physics aspects of evolution -- Determinism and randomness -- Higher functions of life -- About the direction of time -- We live in the best of worlds : the anthropic principle.
505	0		_aHKBU library
518			_aYT2025 M08
650		0	_aBiophysics.
650	1	2	_aBiophysics.
900			_a= C.1SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c106589 _d106589