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Recent years have seen a growing interest in and activity at the interface between physics and biology, with the realization that both subjects have a great deal to learn from and to teach to one another. A particularly promising aspect of this interface concerns the area of cooperative phenomena and phase transitions. The present book addresses both the structure and motion of biological materials and the increasingly complex behaviour that arises out of interactions in large systems, giving rise to self organization, adaptation, selection and evolution: concepts of interest not only to biology and living systems but also within condensed matter physics. The approach adopted by Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Self Assembly and Evolution is tutorial, but the book is fully up to date with the latest research. Written at a level appropriate to graduate researchers, preferably with a background either in condensed matter physics or theoretical or physically-oriented experimental biology.
Book News Annotation:
Addresses the structure and motion of biological materials and the
increasing complexity of behavior resulting from interactions in
large systems, from which scientists derive notions of self-
organization, adaptation, selection, and evolution, matters of
interest not only for biology and living systems but also within
condensed matter physics. The 16 invited and volunteer pedagogical
lectures discuss physical aspects of adhesion of leukocytes, a
biosensor that monitors mammalian cells with electrical fields, the
basics of protein folding physics, fitness landscapes and evolution,
the evolution of complexity in metazoans, and other topics.
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Synopsis:
This text addresses both the structure and motion of biological materials and the increasingly complex behaviour that arises out of interactions in large systems, giving rise to self organization, adaptation, selection and evolution.
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