Foundations of Bioenergetics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xiii-xv
List of Symbols, Pages xvii-xix
1 - Energy, Pages 1-9
2 - Temperature, Pages 10-23
3 - The Measurability of Energy, Pages 24-32
4 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Pages 33-54
5 - Entropy, Pages 55-77
6 - Information, Pages 78-88
7 - Statistical Mechanics, Pages 89-103
8 - Connecting Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, Pages 104-117
9 - Information Theory Considerations, Pages 118-125
10 - Free-Energy Functions, Pages 126-147
11 - Radiant Energy, Pages 148-155
12 - The Free Energy of Cells and Tissue, Pages 156-178
13 - Kinetics and Cycles, Pages 179-196
14 - Ecological Energetics, Pages 197-212
15 - Applications of the Gibbs Free Energy, Pages 213-231
16 - Thermal Energy, Pages 232-243
17 - Thermal Measurements, Pages 244-250
18 - Information-Entropy Formalism in Biology, Pages 251-255
19 - Irreversible Thermodynamics, Pages 256-273
20 - Fluctuations, Pages 274-290
21 - Applications of Irreversible Theory, Pages 291-296
22 - Osmotic Flow, Pages 297-306
APPENDIX I - Standard International Units (SI), Pages 307-311
APPENDIX II - Conservation of Mechanical Energy: General Treatment, Pages 312-316
APPENDIX III - Entropy of an Ideal Gas, Pages 317-318
APPENDIX IV - Stirling's Approximation, Page 319
APPENDIX V - The Geometry and Intuition of Lagrange Multipliers, Pages 320-332
APPENDIX VI - Evaluation of the Partition Function of an Ideal Gas, Page 333
Index, Pages 335-344