Random walks in biology /

"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 t...

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Autore principale: Berg, Howard C., 1934- (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press 1993.
Edizione:Expanded ed.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv7r40w6
Sommario:
  • 1. Diffusion: Microscopic theory
  • 2. Diffusion: Macroscopic theory
  • 3. Diffusion to capture
  • 4. Diffusion with drift
  • 5. Diffusion at equilibrium
  • 6. Movement of self-propelled objects
  • 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.