TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Haynie ,Donald T.
TI  - Biological Thermodynamics [ electronic resource ]
SN  -  9780511754784 ( e-book )
U1  - 572.436 21
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Chemistry
KW  -  Physical Chemistry
KW  -  Molecular Biology
KW  -  Biochemistry and Structural Biology
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - Biological Thermodynamics provides an introduction to the study of energy transformations for students of the biological sciences. Don Haynie uses an informal writing style to introduce this core subject in a manner which will appeal to biology and biochemistry undergraduate students and be relevant to their studies. The emphasis is on understanding basic concepts and developing problem-solving skills throughout the text, but mathematical complexity is kept to a minimum. Each chapter comprises numerous examples taken from different areas of biochemistry, as well as extensive exercises to aid understanding. Topics covered include energy and its transformation, the First Law of Thermodynamics, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Gibbs Free Energy, statistical thermodynamics, binding equilibria and reaction kinetics, concluding with a survey of the most exciting areas of biological thermodynamics today, particularly the origin of life on Earth
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511754784
ER  -