Introduction to Bioenergetics: Thermodynamics for the Biologist
Author: Halvor N. Christensen
Publisher: Saunders Limited.
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Halvor N. Christensen
Publisher: Saunders Limited.
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harold Morowitz
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 0323154050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Foundations of Bioenergetics provides an introduction to the physical foundations of bioenergetics and the methods of applying these constructs to biological problems. It combines parts of thermal physics, biochemistry, ecology, and cellular and organismic biology into a single coherent work. Much of the material in this volume comes from ""Entropy for Biologists,"" an introductory thermodynamics book aimed particularly at life scientists. Some of the topics originally appeared in the monograph ""Energy Flow in Biology."" The current volume expands on that material with respect to biological applications and attempts to bridge the gap between physics and biology. The book explains basic concepts such as energy, temperature, the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, information theory, and statistical mechanics. It discusses the relations between thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, free-energy functions, radiant energy, the free energy of cells and tissue, chemical kinetics, and cyclic flows. It examines the relationships between energy flows and biological processes; applications of the concepts of Gibbs free energy, chemical potential, and activity; and measurements of temperature, energy, and thermochemical quantities. The book also includes chapters that deal with irreversible dynamics, irreversible theory, and osmotic flow.
Author: Donald T. Haynie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-03
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780521795494
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible introduction to thermodynamics for undergraduate biology and biochemistry students.
Author: Lars Garby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-02-24
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780521451437
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Author: David G. Nicholls
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780125181211
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Revised and updated to include the many developments that have taken place in bioenergetics, this text covers the structures of key membrane proteins involved in bioenergetics and mitochondrial physiology.
Author: Albert L. Lehninger
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For college undergraudates beginning the study of cell biology or molecular biology.
Author: Harold J. Morowitz
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-09-03
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1483263169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Entropy for Biologists: An Introduction to Thermodynamics is an introductory book for people in the life sciences who wish to master the concepts of thermal physics without being forced to a degree and rate of symbol manipulation which is foreign to their patterns of thought. The book opens with a chapter on temperature, followed by separate chapters that discuss the concepts of energy, kinetic theory, total energy, the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, and probability and information theory. Subsequent chapters deal with statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics, free-energy functions, applications of the Gibbs free energy and the Gibbs chemical potential, and measurement in thermal physics. The book is primarily directed at those graduate and advanced undergraduate students of biology and biochemistry who wish to develop a sense of confidence about their understanding of the thermal physics which will be useful in pursuing their work. It may also prove useful to professionals who wish to bolster their knowledge in this area.
Author: Donald T. Haynie
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 2001-01-01
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ISBN-13: 9780613910798
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible introduction to thermodynamics for undergraduate biology and biochemistry students.
Author: Vladimir P. Skulachev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-15
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 364233430X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Principles of Bioenergetics summarizes one of the quickly growing branches of modern biochemistry. Bioenergetics concerns energy transductions occurring in living systems and this book pays special attention to molecular mechanisms of these processes. The main subject of the book is the "energy coupling membrane" which refers to inner membranes of intracellular organelles, for example, mitochondria and chloroplasts. Cellular cytoplasmic membranes where respiratory and photosynthetic energy transducers, as well as ion-transporting ATP-synthases (ATPases) are also part of this membrane. Significant attention is paid to the alternative function of mitochondria as generators of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that mediate programmed death of cells (apoptosis and necrosis) and organisms (phenoptosis). The latter process is considered as a key mechanism of aging which may be suppressed by mitochondria-targeted antioxidants.