Biophysics and Biochemistry at Low Temperatures

by Felix Franks

Book Overview

Cold is the single most important enemy of life, and this book, first published in 1985, discusses the responses of living organisms to low temperatures. Subfreezing temperatures in particular affect the properties of water, which is essential to life, and the book describes the physics and chemistry of water in the context of physiology. Injury from cooling and the way in which organisms respond and survive, as well as the mechanism of cold hardening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521269326
• ISBN13: 9780521269322
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"