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Chemical Kinetics, Stochastic Processes, and Irreversible Thermodynamics

  • Provides the common mathematical groundwork over a variety of biological applications
  • Brings together nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes, irreversible thermodynamics, physical chemistry and biochemistry
  • Large number and variety of applications, examples and exercises
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Brief Introduction to Chemical Kinetics

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 1-6
  3. Brief Introduction to Thermodynamics

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 7-14
  4. Molecule Synthesis and Degradation

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 29-49
  5. Enzymatic Reactions

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 51-60
  6. Receptor–Ligand Interaction

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 61-76
  7. Cooperativity

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 77-90
  8. Gene Expression and Regulation

    • Moisés Santillán
    Pages 91-106
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 123-126

About this book

This book brings theories in nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes, irreversible thermodynamics, physical chemistry and biochemistry together in an introductory but formal and comprehensive manner. Coupled with examples, the theories are developed stepwise, starting with the simplest concepts and building upon them into a more general framework. Furthermore, each new mathematical derivation is immediately applied to one or more biological systems. The last chapters focus on applying mathematical and physical techniques to study systems such as: gene regulatory networks and molecular motors.

The target audience of this book are mainly final year undergraduate and graduate students with a solid mathematical background (physicists, mathematicians and engineers), as well as with basic notions of biochemistry and cellular biology. This book can also be useful to students with a biological background who are interested in mathematical modeling and have a working knowledge of calculus, differential equations and a basic understanding of probability theory.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Unidad Monterrey, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apodaca, Mexico

    Moisés Santillán

About the author

Moises Santillan is a Mendeley member in Biological Sciences and Professor at Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados in Apodaca, Mexico. He has a BSc, MSc and PhD in physics, although most of his research has been advocated to tackling biological problems with tools from physics and mathematics. Professor Santillan has published more than 50 research journal papers and book chapters and belongs to four editorial boards.

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eBook USD 44.99
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Softcover Book USD 60.00
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