Fractals in Molecular Biophysics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195084474)

Historically, science has sought to reduce complex problems to their simplest components, but more recently it has recognized the merit of studying complex phenomena in situ. Fractal geometry is one such appealing approach, and this book discusses its application to complex problems in molecular biophysics. The book provides a detailed, unified treatment of fractal aspects of protein and structure dynamics, fractal reaction kinetics in biochemical systems, sequence correlations in DNA and proteins, and descriptors of chaos in enzymatic systems. In an area that has been slow to acknowledge the use of fractals, this is an important addition to the literature, offering a glimpse of the wealth of possible applications to complex problems.

Author: T. Gregory Dewey
ISBN-10: 0195084470
ISBN-13: 9780195084474
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/19/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d