Abiogenesis: The Physical Basis for Living Systems
暫譯: 自生物起源：生命系統的物理基礎

Sillerud, Laurel O.

Abiogenesis: The Physical Basis for Living Systems
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-06-12
  • 售價: $4,420
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,199
  • 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導讀者生命的起源，以及支撐所有生命系統的自組裝的概率過程。作者有條理地總結了導致有序物理基礎發展的各種組織原則，這些原則是生命演化運作的基礎。本書回答了關鍵問題，例如為什麼生命依賴於無生命物體的特性，以及物理學、化學和生物學的法則如何交織在一起，自發地產生元素週期表，當然還有生命本身。讀者將獲得概率分佈的介紹，以及熱力學、統計力學和量子力學中重要概念的詳細描述。隨著書籍的進展，通過恆星核合成和前生物演化等主題，讀者將對生命的必然性有更深入的理解。每一章還包括問題，幫助讀者更好地理解材料。這本教科書對所有級別的學生和研究人員都很友好，並作為關於自生物學背後物理學的綜合指南。

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，是新墨西哥大學的名譽生物物理學家，也是美國科學促進會的當選會士。他專注於活體系統的分子研究，包括微生物、器官、動物和人類，並使用非侵入性的方法，如核磁共振光譜學和成像技術，在新墨西哥大學的BRaIN中心進行研究。

在明尼蘇達大學獲得物理學（學士、碩士）和生物物理學（博士）學位後，他與耶魯大學的Robert G. Shulman博士密切合作，開展代謝的NMR光譜學研究。隨後，他在洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室建立並指導生物醫學NMR中心，並在阿爾伯克基退伍軍人醫院設立人類NMR光譜學實驗室，以及在新墨西哥大學BRaIN中心的MRI核心。他基於廣泛科學研究的眾多著作，對於代謝、癌症、阿茲海默症和中風的理解做出了貢獻。此外，由於他積極的專利活動，他創立了四家基於磁性納米技術及NMR和MRI的商業企業，包括Feldmatech和nanoMR，以將他的研究轉化為人類疾病的臨床診斷。

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