Introducing biological energetics: how energy and information control the living world
Cheetham, Norman W. H
This novel, interdisciplinary text presents biological understanding in termsof 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. INDICE: 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 chemicalbasis 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959371-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés