A Mathematical Approach to Protein Biophysics - Ariel Fernández

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Auteur(s) : Ariel Fernández - L. Ridgway Scott

Editeur : Springer International Publishing Ag

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 304.0

ISBN : 3319660314

This book explores quantitative aspects of protein biophysics and attempts to delineate certain rules of molecular behavior that make atomic scale objects behave in a digital way. This book will help readers to understand how certain biological systems involving proteins function as digital informa

Résumé :

Exercises included at the end of every chapter

Mixes protein biology, mathematics, and computing, supporting a multidisciplinary class

Includes detailed notes section and glossary

Explains many protein features from a more in-depth perspective

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Biographie:
L. Ridgway Scott has been Professor of Computer Science and of Mathematics at the University of Chicago since 1998, and the Louis Block Professor since 2001. He obtained a B.S. degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Tulane University in 1969 and a PhD degree in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. Professor Scott has published over 130 papers and three books, extending over biophysics, parallel computing and fundamental computing aspects of structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, nuclear engineering, and computational chemistry. Ariel Fern?ndez (born Ariel Fern?ndez Stigliano) is an Argentinian-American physical chemist and mathematician. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Chemical Physics from Yale University and held the Karl F. Hasselmann Endowed Chair Professorship in Bioengineering at Rice University. He is currently involved in research and entrepreneurial activities at various consultancy firms. Ariel Fern?ndez authored three books on translational medicine and biophysics, and published 360 papers in professional journals. He holds two patents in the field of biotechnology....