Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Biocomplexity written by D. Reguera and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-10-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the usefulness of tools from statistical mechanics for biology. It includes the new tendencies in topics like membranes, vesicles, microtubules, molecular motors, DNA, protein folding, phase transitions in biological systems, evolution, population dynamics, neural systems and biological oscillators, with special emphasis on the importance of statistical mechanics in their development. The book addresses researchers and graduate students.