Physical Chem with Applicatns Life Sciences

by David S. Eisenberg and Donald Crothers

Book Overview

Emphasizes aspects of physical chemistry in relation to the applications of life sciences. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080532402X
• ISBN13: 9780805324020
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 868 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Oldie but Goodie!

This is simply the best physical chemistry text I have ever used. It is full of unique insights that are thought-provoking, presents things from a physical, rather than mathematical perspective, and explains thermodynamics better than anything else I have read.

Intro to Physical Chem for biochemists

This book gives a good overview of physical chemistry for bio students. It is somewhat abridged-covers almost all the topics in a normal P chem course-but places its main emphasis on describing the concepts in the context of cellular and molecular biology. Most chapters have a short section describing how topics relate to biochemistry (DNA renaturation is a 2nd order reaction, thermodynamics of ions in solutions, ions and cell membranes, etc.)It makes use of some calculus, but eases into it gently to avoid overwhelming the student. I grant you that it is about 20 years old, but the laws of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics haven't changed much in this time.