Introducing Biological Energetics : How Energy & Information Control the Living World

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ISBN: 9780199575930
Author/Editor: Cheetham

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: 2010

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Introducing Biological Energetics is a novel, interdisciplinary text that presents biological understanding in terms of general underlying principles, treating energy as the overarching theme and emphasizing the all-pervading influence of energy transformation in every process, both living and non-living. Key processes and concepts are explained in turn, culminating in a description of the overall functioning and regulation of a living cell. The book rounds off the story of life with a brief account of the endosymbiotic origins of eukaryotic cells, the development of multicellularity, and the emergence of modern plants and animals. Multidisciplinary research in science is becoming commonplace. However, as traditional boundaries start to break down, researchers are increasingly aware of the deficiencies in their knowledge of related disciplines. Introducing Biological Energetics redresses the reciprocal imbalance in the knowledge levels of physical and biological scientists in particular. Its style of presentation and depth of treatment has been carefully designed to unite these two readerships.

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Weight 0.69 kg

Product Properties

Year of Publication

2010

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1:The flow of energy in living systems 2:Origins - the early Earth 3:Energy and force explored 4:Which way? An introduction to thermodynamics 5:The building blocks 6:How fast, how far? Chemical thermodynamics and equilibrium 7:The strange story of water and oil 8:Size matters - proteins and enzymes 9:Molecular genetics - the chemical basis of heredity 10:Electron gymnastics - energy revisited 11:Cells and metabolism - putting it all together 12:From prokaryotes to eukaryotes - getting ready for multicellular life 13:Multicellular life - the last hurdle? Appendix A - Electromagnetic radiation Appendix B - Glycolysis Appendix C - The TCA Cycle Appendix D - The Calvin Cycle Appendix E - Amino acid structures Index

Author

Cheetham

ISBN/ISSN

9780199575930

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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