Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Selfassembly and Evolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792341314)

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.

Author: T. Riste
ISBN-10: 0792341317
ISBN-13: 9780792341314
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1996
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d