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Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Selfassembly and Evolution

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Tormod Riste

    1. Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

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  2. David Sherrington

    1. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 322)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to the Physics of Biomaterials: The Role of Membranes

    • P. Pincus
    Pages 1-5

  3. What does Neutron Spectroscopy tell on the Dynamics of Amphiphilic Layers ?

    • D. Richter
    Pages 7-60

  4. Physical Aspects of Adhesion of Leukocytes

    • R. Bruinsma
    Pages 61-101

  5. Membrane-Associated-Proteins: Self-Assembly, Interactions, and Biomolecular Materials

    • Cyrus R. Safinya, Yi Shen
    Pages 103-134

  6. Collective Phenomena in Mitosis: A Physicist’s Perspective

    • S. Leibler
    Pages 135-151

  7. Mechanical Forces in the Biological World

    • D. Kuchnir Fygenson, L. Bourdieu, L. Faucheux, A. Libchaber
    Pages 153-171

  8. A Biosensor That Monitors Mammalian Cells with Electrical Fields

    • Ivar Giaever, Charles R. Keese
    Pages 173-185

  9. Knots and Applications to Biology, Chemistry and Physics

    • Arne T. Skjeltorp, Sigmund Clausen, Geir Helgesen, Piotr Pieranski
    Pages 187-217

  10. Statistical and Linguistic Features of DNA Sequences

    • H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, A. L. Goldberger, S. Havlin, R. N. Mantegna, C.-K. Peng et al.
    Pages 219-234

  11. The Basics of Protein Folding Physics

    • P. G. Wolynes
    Pages 235-248

  12. Evolutionary Mechanisms Involved in the Formation of Tandem Repetitive Non-Coding DNA

    • Kjetill S. Jakobsen, John E. Stacy, Unn Hilde Refseth, Marianne Thoresen
    Pages 249-261

  13. Molecular Evolutionary Biology

    • Peter Schuster, Walter Grüner
    Pages 263-285

  14. Fitness Landscapes and Evolution

    • Luca Peliti
    Pages 287-308

  15. Statistical Physics of Neural Networks

    • David Sherrington
    Pages 309-325

  16. The Evolution of Complexity in Metazoans

    • James W. Valentine
    Pages 327-362

  17. Extremal Dynamics and Punctuated Equilibrium in Co-evolution

    • Kim Sneppen, Mogens H. Jensen
    Pages 363-370

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 371-378
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway

    Tormod Riste

  • Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK

    David Sherrington

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