Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili


English | ISBN: 0307986810, 0552778079 | 2015 | PDF | 368 pages | 12,2 MB

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation?




Like Richard Dawkins" The Selfish Gene, which provided a new perspective on how evolution works, Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world"s fundamental dynamics. Bringing together first-hand experience at the cutting edge of science with unparalleled gifts of explanation, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal that missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics; the phenomena that lie at the heart of this most mysterious of sciences.




Drawing on recent ground-breaking experiments around the world, each chapter in Life on the Edge engages by illustrating one of life"s puzzles: How do migrating birds know where to go? How do we really smell the scent of a rose? How do our genes copy themselves with such precision? Life on the Edge accessibly reveals how quantum mechanics can answer these probing questions of the universe.




Guiding the reader through the rapidly unfolding discoveries of the last few years, Al-Khalili and McFadden communicate the excitement of the explosive new field of quantum biology and its potentially revolutionary applications, while offering insights into the biggest puzzle of all: what is life? As they brilliantly demonstrate in these groundbreaking pages, life exists on the quantum edge.

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A Guide to Numerical Modelling in Systems Biology (repost)

Peter Deuflhard, Susanna Röblitz, "A Guide to Numerical Modelling in Systems Biology"


2015 | ISBN-10: 3319200585 | 168 pages | PDF | 3 MB

This book is intended for students of computational systems biology with only a limited background in mathematics. Typical books on systems biology merely mention algorithmic approaches, but without offering a deeper understanding. On the other hand, mathematical books are typically unreadable for computational biologists. The authors of the present book have worked hard to fill this gap. The result is not a book on systems biology, but on computational methods in systems biology. This book originated from courses taught by the authors at Freie Universität Berlin. The guiding idea of the courses was to convey those mathematical insights that are indispensable for systems biology, teaching the necessary mathematical prerequisites by means of many illustrative examples and without any theorems. The three chapters cover the mathematical modelling of biochemical and physiological processes, numerical simulation of the dynamics of biological networks, and identification of model parameters by means of comparisons with real data. Throughout the text, the strengths and weaknesses of numerical algorithms with respect to various systems biological issues are discussed. Web addresses for downloading the corresponding software are also included.

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Oxidation and Antioxidants in Organic Chemistry and Biology [Repost]

Oxidation and Antioxidants in Organic Chemistry and Biology by Evgeny T. Denisov


English | Mar. 29, 2005 | ISBN: 0824753569 | 1024 Pages | PDF | 7.92 MB

Providing a comprehensive review of reactions of oxidation for different classes of organic compounds and polymers, and biological processes mediated by free radicals, Oxidation and Antioxidants in Organic Chemistry and Biology puts the data and bibliographical information you need into one easy-to-use resource. You will find up-to-date information about mechanisms of action of antioxidants, their reactivity, reactions of intermediates, synergism, and antioxidants with cyclic mechanism action. Supplying useful, quantitative data in tables that make the information easy to find, the authors highlight the peculiarities of mechanisms involved in the oxidation of hydrocarbons, polymers, and different organic compounds. The book provides tabulated values of strengths of C-H bonds of oxygen-containing compounds; of O-H bonds of hydroperoxides, alcohols, and acids; and of attacked antioxidant bonds. The authors collect and discuss over 3000 rate constants of different reactions of peroxyl radicals in oxidation and co-oxidation. They describe a new semiempiric theory of reactivity of reactants in elementary oxidative steps and the algorithm of calculation of activation energies, rate constants, and geometrical parameters of the transition states of free radical reactions. After elucidating the chemistry and kinetics of antioxidant action, the book covers oxidative processes that occur in biological systems.

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Schaum"s Outline of Biology, Third Edition (repost)

Schaum"s Outline of Biology, Third Edition by George Fried and George Hademenos


English | 2009 | ISBN: 0071625615 | 480 pages | PDF | 7 MB

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?


Fortunately for you, there"s Schaum"s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum"s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum"s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.


This Schaum"s Outline gives you:


• Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge


• Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field


• In-depth review of practices and applications


Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum"s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum"s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!

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Anatomy Ontologies for Bioinformatics: Principles and Practice (Computational Biology) 2008th Edition

Anatomy Ontologies for Bioinformatics: Principles and Practice (Computational Biology) by Albert Burger


English | Dec. 6, 2007 | ISBN: 1846288843 | 356 Pages | PDF | 6 MB

This book provides a timely and first-of-its-kind collection of papers on anatomy ontologies. It is interdisciplinary in its approach, bringing together the relevant expertise from computing and biomedical studies. The book aims to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the foundations of anatomical ontologies and the-state-of-the-art in terms of existing tools and applications. It also highlights challenges that remain today.

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