"Molecules, Dynamics, and Life: An Introduction to Self-Organization of Matter" by Agnessa Babloyantz
Nonequilibrium Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology
Wiley | 1986 | ISBN: 0471823805 9780471823803 | 345 pages | PDF | 22 MB
This book tells the story of how inert matter can acquire self-organizing and other properties ascribed to life. The author's multidisciplinary approach does not require knowledge of chemistry, physics, or biology on the part of the reader.
Part I covers the properties of matter and evolutionary criteria.
Part II presents an introduction to the necessary chemical concepts.
Part III explains the self-organization of biosystems and the development of organisms.
Contents Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. MATTER AND CHEMISTRY
1 The Structure of Matter
2 Chemical Kinetics
3 Equilibrium Thermodynamics
4 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
5 Evolutionary Criteria
6 Stability Criteria
Conclusion to Part I
PART II. A NEW CHEMISTRY
Introduction to Part II
7 The Birth of the New Chemistry
8 The Belousov-Zhabotinski Reactions
9 A Mathematical Approach to the New Chemistry
Conclusion to Part II
PART III. SELF-ORGANIZATION AND COHERENCE IN BIOSYSTEMS
Introduction to Part III
10 The Origin of Life
11 Self-Organization at the Cellular Level
12 Cellular Communication
13 The Development of Organisms
14 Self-Organization in Multiple-Unit Systems
Conclusion to Part III
References
Index
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