The Thermodynamic Machinery of Life

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kurzynski, Michal (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: The Frontiers Collection,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Organic chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Thermodynamics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Organic Chemistry.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

Living organisms are open thermodynamic systems whose functional structure has developed and been kinetically frozen during the historical process of biological evolution. A thermodynamics of both nonequilibrium and complex systems is needed for their description. In this book, the foundations of su...