EAN: 9789402415834

STATISTICAL PHYSICS FOR BIOLOGICAL MATTER - WOK...

This book aims to cover a broad range of topics in statistical physics  including statistical
mechanics (equilibrium and non-equilibrium)  soft matter and fluid physics  for applications to
biological phenomena at both cellular and macromolecular levels. It is intended to be a
graduate level textbook  but can also be addressed to the interested senior level
undergraduate. The book is written also for those involved in research on biological systems or
soft matter based on physics  particularly on statistical physics. Typical statistical physics
courses cover ideal gases (classical and quantum) and interacting units of simple structures.
In contrast  even simple biological fluids are solutions of macromolecules  the structures of
which are very complex. The goal of this book to fill this wide gap by providing appropriate
content as well as by explaining the theoretical method that typifies good modeling  namely 
the method of coarse-grained descriptions that extract the most salient features emerging at
mesoscopic scales. The major topics covered in this book include thermodynamics  equilibrium
statistical mechanics  soft matter physics of polymers and membranes  non-equilibrium
statistical physics covering stochastic processes  transport phenomena and
hydrodynamics.Generic methods and theories are described with detailed derivations  followed by
applications and examples in biology. The book aims to help the readers build  systematically
and coherently through basic principles  their own understanding of nonspecific concepts and
theoretical methods  which they may be able to apply to a broader class of biological problems.

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