Demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be applied to biological questions, with numerous exercises and clearly-worked examples. Using only the most straightforward and relevant mathematical tools, this textbook demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be used to illuminate biological questions. It includes more than 350 exercises, along with worked examples and problems at the end of each chapter to encourage active and continuous study. Using only the most straightforward and relevant mathematical tools, this textbook demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be used to illuminate biological questions. It includes more than 350 exercises, along with worked examples and problems at the end of each chapter to encourage active and continuous study. Motivating students to engage with physical chemistry throughbiological examples, this textbook demonstrates how the tools of physical chemistry can be used to illuminate biological questions. It clearly explains keyprinciples and their relevance to life science students, using only the most straightforward and relevant mathematical tools. More than 350 exercises are spread throughout the chapters, covering a wide range of biological applications and explaining issues that students often find challenging. These, along with problems at the end of each chapter and end-of-term review questions, encourage active and continuous study. Over 130 worked examples, many deriving directly from life sciences, help students connect principles and theories to theirown laboratory studies. Connections between experimental measurements and keytheoretical quantities are frequently highlighted and reinforced. Answers to the exercises are included in the book. Fully worked solutions and answers to the review problems, password-protected for instructors, are available at www.Cambridge.org/roussel. Advance praise: 'Roussel's text would be very well suited for our one-semester physical chemistry for life sciences course.' Jochen Autschbach, State University of New York, Buffalo 'Professor Roussel has produced a fantastic book for those interested in learning about physical chemistry.Although it is aimed at students of the life sciences, anyone can benefit from his clear explanations and worked examples. His writing style is very conversational, which makes reading the text a pleasure. The choices of problems arerelevant and interesting, as are the suggested readings. I highly recommend this book to anyone who plans on teaching a course in physical chemistry for biochemists and molecular biologists.' Michael S. Sommer, University of Wyoming INDICE: Preface; 1. Orientation: what is physical chemistry about?; A noteon graph axis labels and table headings; Part I. Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy: 2. A quick tour of quantum mechanical ideas; 3. Spectroscopy; Part II.Thermodynamics: 4. Thermodynamics preliminaries; 5. The first law; 6. The second law of thermodynamics; 7. Free energy; 8. Chemical equilibrium and coupledreactions; 9. Non-ideal behavior; 10. Electrochemistry; Part III. Kinetics: 11. Basics of chemical kinetics; 12. Initial rate experiments and simple empirical rate laws; 13. Integrated rate laws; 14. Complex reactions; 15. Enzyme kinetics; 16. Techniques for studying fast reactions; 17. Factors that affect therate constant; 18. Diffusion and reactions in solution; Appendix A. End-of-term review problems; Appendix B. Answers to exercises; Appendix C. Standard thermodynamic properties at 298.15K and 1 bar; Appendix D. Standard reduction potentials at 298.15K; Appendix E. Physical properties of water; Appendix F. The SI system of units; Appendix G. Universal constants and conversion factors; Appendix H. Periodic table of the elements, with molar masses; Appendix I. Selected isotopic masses and abundances; Appendix J. Exponentials and logarithms; Appendix K. Review of integral calculus; Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-18696-4
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 456
- Fecha Publicación: 05/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés