[PDF] Biophysics – Vasantha Pattabhi, N. Gautham

Biophysics – Vasantha Pattabhi, N. Gautham

Book Description:

Biophysics, being an interdisciplinary topic, is of great importance in modern biology. This book addresses the needs of biologists, biochemists, and medical biophysicists for an introduction to the subject. The text is based on a one-semester course offered to graduate students of life sciences, and covers a wide range of topics from quantum mechanics to pre-biotic evolution. To understand the topics, only basic school level mathematics is required.

The first chapter introduces and refreshes the reader’s knowledge of physics and chemistry. The next chapters cover various physico-chemical techniques used to study biomolecular structures, followed by treatments of spectroscopy, microscopy, diffraction, and computational techniques.

X-ray crystallography and NMR are dealt with in greater detail. The latter half of the book covers results obtained from applications of the above techniques. Some of the other topics dealt with are energy pathways, biomechanics, and neuro-biophysics.

Table of contents :

Laws of Physics and Chemistry….Pages 1-23
Separation Techniques….Pages 24-36
Physico-Chemical Techniques to Study Biomolecules….Pages 37-57
Spectroscopy….Pages 58-76
Light Microscopy….Pages 77-85
Electron Microscopy….Pages 86-94
X-ray Crystallography….Pages 95-111
NMR Spectroscopy….Pages 112-130
Molecular Modelling….Pages 131-143
Macromolecular Structure….Pages 144-173
Energy Pathways in Biology….Pages 174-198
Biomechanics….Pages 199-209
Neurobiophysics….Pages 210-231
Origin and Evolution of Life….Pages 232-241