David Boal (British Columbia Simon Fraser University)

Mechanics of the Cell

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

New edition exploring the mechanical features of biological cells for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and biomedical engineering.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1340g
• ISBN-13: 9780521130691
• ISBN-10: 0521130697
• Artikelnr.: 33768466

Autorenporträt

David Boal is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has been working in the field of biophysics for the past twenty years and he now studies the mechanical issues in the origin of life.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; List of symbols; 1. Introduction to the cell; 2. Soft materials and fluids; Part I. Rods and Ropes: 3. Polymers; 4. Complex filaments; 5. Two-dimensional networks; 6. Three-dimensional networks; Part II. Membranes: 7. Biomembranes; 8. Membrane undulations; 9. Intermembrane and electrostatic forces; Part III. The Whole Cell: 10. Structure of the simplest cells; 11. Dynamic filaments; 12. Growth and division; 13. Signals and switches; Appendixes; Glossary; References; Index.

Rezensionen

Reviews of the first edition: 'In Mechanics of the Cell David Boal explains the mechanical properties of the biopolymers found within cells ... for graduate students in the general field and for biotechnologists required to consider added dimensions to their work it represents a comprehensive text that ought to make it a standard reference for many years.' Ian Jones, Chemistry in Britain