Abiogenesis: The Physical Basis for Living Systems

Sillerud, Laurel O.

Abiogenesis: The Physical Basis for Living Systems
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-06-12
  • 售價: $4,810
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,570
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 847
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031566866
  • ISBN-13: 9783031566868

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商品描述

This textbook serves to teach readers about the origins of life, the probabilistic process of self-assembly underpinning all living systems, from a biophysics perspective. The author cohesively summarizes the various organizing principles that led to the development of an ordered physical basis on which the evolution of life operates. This book answers critical questions, such as why life depends on the properties of inanimate objects and how the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology convolved to spontaneously produce the periodic table and, of course, life itself. Readers are provided with an introduction to probability distributions as well as detailed descriptions of important concepts in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. As the book progresses, an understanding for the inevitability of life is developed through topics such as stellar nucleosynthesis and prebiotic evolution. Each chapter also includes problems for readers to gain a better understanding of the material. This textbook is accessible to students and researchers of all levels and serves as a comprehensive guide on the physics behind abiogenesis.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本教科書旨在從生物物理學的角度教授讀者有關生命起源和自組裝的概率過程的知識。作者綜合概述了各種組織原則，這些原則促成了有序物理基礎的發展，進而推動了生命的演化。本書回答了一些關鍵問題，例如為什麼生命依賴於無生命物體的特性，以及物理、化學和生物學的法則如何自發地產生了元素週期表和生命本身。讀者將介紹概率分佈，並詳細描述熱力學、統計力學和量子力學中的重要概念。隨著書籍的進展，通過恆星核合成和前生物進化等主題，讀者將對生命的必然性有更深入的理解。每章還包括問題，以幫助讀者更好地理解材料。這本教科書對各個層次的學生和研究人員都具有可讀性，並作為關於生命起源物理學的全面指南。

作者簡介

Laurel O. Sillerud, 79, is a biophysicist emeritus from the University of New Mexico and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He specializes in the molecular study of living systems including microorganisms, organs, animals, and man, using non-invasive methods, such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging, at the UNM BRaIN Center.

After obtaining degrees in Physics (B.A., M.S) and Biophysics (Ph.D.) from the University of Minnesota, he worked closely with Dr. Robert G. Shulman at Yale University to develop NMR spectroscopic studies of metabolism. He then established and directed the Biomedical NMR Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as a Human NMR Spectroscopy laboratory at the Albuquerque VA Hospital and the MRI core at the UNM BRaIN Center. His numerous writings based on his extensive scientific research contribute to the understanding of metabolism, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. In addition, as a result of his vigorous patent activity, he has founded four commercial ventures based on magnetic nanotechnology and NMR and MRI, including Feldmatech and nanoMR, to translate his studies to the clinical diagnosis of human illnesses.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Laurel O. Sillerud（79歲）是新墨西哥大學的退休生物物理學家，也是美國科學促進協會的當選會士。他專注於使用非侵入性方法（如核磁共振光譜和成像）研究生物系統，包括微生物、器官、動物和人類，並在新墨西哥大學BRaIN中心進行研究。

在獲得明尼蘇達大學的物理學（學士、碩士）和生物物理學（博士）學位後，他與羅伯特·G·舒爾曼博士在耶魯大學密切合作，開展了代謝的核磁共振光譜研究。然後，他在洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室建立並指導了生物醫學核磁共振中心，並在阿爾伯克基VA醫院和新墨西哥大學BRaIN中心建立了人類核磁共振光譜實驗室和MRI核心設施。他根據自己廣泛的科學研究撰寫了許多論文，有助於人們對代謝、癌症、阿茲海默症和中風的理解。此外，由於他積極的專利活動，他還創辦了四家基於磁性納米技術、核磁共振和MRI的商業企業，包括Feldmatech和nanoMR，以將他的研究應用於臨床診斷人類疾病。

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