Random Walks in Biology : : New and Expanded Edition / / Howard C. Berg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Berg, Howard C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)

This book is a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. It provides a sound basis for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, or cells, or of processes that de...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Expanded Edition
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Diffusion: Microscopic Theory
• Chapter 2. Diffusion: Macroscopic Theory
• Chapter 3. Diffusion to Capture
• Chapter 4. Diffusion with Drift
• Chapter 5. Diffusion at Equilibrium
• Chapter 6. Movement of Self-propelled Objects
• Chapter 7. Other Random Walks
• Appendix A. Probabilities and Probability Distributions
• Appendix B. Differential Equations
• Appendix C. Addendum to Chapter 6
• Appendix D. Constants and Formulas
• Bibliography
• Index