Introduction to Molecular Biophysics / Jack. A. Tuszynski, Michał. Kurzyński

Table of Contents
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Authors; Contents; 1 Origins and Evolution of Life; 2 Structures of Biomolecules; 3 Dynamics of Biomolecules; 4 Structure of a Biological Cell; 5 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Biochemical Reactions; 6 Molecular Biological Machines; 7 Nerve Cells; 8 Tissue and Organ Biophysics; 9 Biological Self-Regulation and Self-Organisation; 10 Epilogue: Toward New Physics and New Biology; Appendix A Random Walks and Diffusion; Appendix B Models of Phase Transitions and Criticality; Appendix C Foundations of Nonlinear Physics; Appendix D Master Equations

Molecular biophysics is a rapidly growing field of research that plays an important role in elucidating the mysteries of life's molecules and their assemblies, as well as the relationship between their structure and function. Introduction to Molecular Biophysics fills an existing gap in the literature on this subject by providing the reader with the modern theoretical tools needed to understand life processes from a physical viewpoint. The authors review numerous topics of relevance to biophysics, including peptide chains, DNA structure and function, cytoplasm, membranes, and motor proteins. E