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Informationen zum Autor Don Haynie is Founder and Chief Scientist of Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc, Director of the Bionanosystems Engineering Laboratory and Research Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Central Michigan University, and a Clinical Professor at University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Former members of his research group are at Harvard Medical School, King's College London, Schering-Plough, and Pacific Nanotechnology. He has held academic appointments at The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Oxford, the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and Louisiana Tech University, in departments of biophysics, biomolecular sciences, biomedical engineering, chemistry, and physics. He has taught thermodynamics to biology, biochemistry, and engineering students world-wide. Klappentext Retaining its informal style HaynieâEUR(TM)s new edition brings students up-to-date with recent scientific developments encouraging them to think about the future of an such a fast moving area. He includes extra information on plants! biomedical engineering and nano-technology while emphasising basic concepts and sharpening problem-solving skills. Zusammenfassung Retaining its informal style Haynie's new edition brings students up-to-date with recent scientific developments encouraging them to think about the future of an such a fast moving area. He includes extra information on plants! biomedical engineering and nano-technology while emphasising basic concepts and sharpening problem-solving skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Energy transformation; 2. The First Law of Thermodynamics; 3. The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4. Gibbs free energy - theory; 5. Gibbs free energy - applications; 6. Statistical thermodynamics; 7. Binding equilibria; 8. Reaction kinetics; 9. The frontier of biological thermodynamics; 10. Appendices; Glossary; Index of names; Subject index.
