The Thermodynamic Machinery of Life
Living organisms are open thermodynamic systems whose functional structure has developed and been kinetically frozen during the historical process of biological evolution. A thermodynamics of both nonequilibrium and complex systems is needed for their des
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THE THERMODYNAMIC MACHINERY OF LIFE
With 193 Figures and 8 Tables
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Prof. Michal Kurzynski Adam Mickiewicz University Faculty of Physics Umultowska 85 61-614 Poznan, Poland e-mail: [email protected]
Series Editors: Prof. Daniela Dragoman University of Bucharest, Physics Faculty, Solid State Chair, PO Box MG-11, 76900 Bucharest, Romania email: [email protected]
Prof. Mircea Dragoman National Research and Development Institute in Microtechnology, PO Box 38-160, 023573 Bucharest, Romania email: [email protected]
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Prof. H. Dieter Zeh University of Heidelberg, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Philosophenweg 19, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany email: [email protected] Cover figure: The cover image shows a detail of a visualization of metastable molecular conformations
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