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This textbook for life science students describes the laws of thermodynamics and their application to chemical reactions, molecular motion, chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopic methods, and x-ray diffraction. The fourth edition adds segments on single-molecule enzyme kinetics and fluorescence spectroscopy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This best-selling volume presents the principles and applications of physical chemistry as they are used to solve problems in biology and medicine. The First Law; the Second Law; free energy and chemical equilibria; free energy and physical Equilibria; molecular motion and transport properties; kinetics: rates of chemical reactions; enzyme kinetics; the theory and spectroscopy of molecular structures and interactions: molecular distributions and statistical thermodynamics; and macromolecular structure and X-ray diffraction. For anyone interested in physical chemistry as it relates to problems in biology and medicine.
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