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Random Walks in Biology: New and Expanded Edition Revised Edition

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This book is a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. It provides a sound basis for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, or cells, or of processes that depend on such motion or are markedly affected by it. Readers do not need to understand thermodynamics in order to acquire a knowledge of the physics involved in diffusion, sedimentation, electrophoresis, chromatography, and cell motility--subjects that become lively and immediate when the author discusses them in terms of random walks of individual particles.

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    Princeton University Press
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    September 7, 1993
  6. Language
    English
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"A scholarly and pedagogically masterly introduction to diffusion, its physics and its statistics."---Charles DeLisi, Nature

"I very strongly recommend this excellent book to students as a supplementary textbook in courses on biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics. Moreover, research scientists and scholars should enjoy reading it."---Akira Okubo, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Howard C. Berg is Professor of Biology at Harvard University and a Member of the Rowland Institute for Science.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; Revised edition (September 7, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691000646
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691000640
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.42 x 8.5 inches
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Melanie
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic for a good reason
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2013
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This book is a classic for good reasons: It describes random walk and diffusion in a way that makes it very intuitive, and focuses on cases that are important for applications. I keep looking up useful things like the formula for a disc-shaped absorper, the drag coefficient of an elliposoid etc.
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DC
5.0 out of 5 stars A great little book
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2012
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A real gem of a book, a classic, the best introduction to diffusion you will find along with some useful problems solved like diffusion to a sphere, a half sphere a disc, etc.
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CC
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome.
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2007
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Awesome. You will learn a lot about diffusion, stat mech, and even transport phenomena at the cellular level. Not worth 27 bucks tho.
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Ron Toolsie
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read, very instructive.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2017
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Excellent short text introducing the basics for biological statistical mechanics.
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Amar Singh
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2011
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Really brings things to light in this book. Starts with very basic derivation, goes on to where it is found. Just really a very nice read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
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Raghuveer Parthasarathy
5.0 out of 5 stars A clear, classic book
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2015
A wonderful book -- an exceptionally clear, well-written introduction to diffusion, random walks, and bacterial chemotaxis. I return to it often, have recommended it to many students, and have taught from it in various contexts. Not only is it a biophysical classic, it contains a lot of material that is invaluable to any student of physics or of biology -- things like the statistical properties of random walks, the consequences of run-and-tumble chemotaxis, and more.
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X42
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Source Book on Random Walk Maths - Easy Read
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2005
I bought this book in 1995 to get an understanding of random walk phenomena.

The random walk equations are mostly biologically based.

That is equations that describe the motion of biological things.

Type of things covered ( including but not limited to)

Ficks equations

Diffusion

Drift

drag

Diffusion at Equilibrium

Derivation of Boltzman equation

Importance of KT

Mean Square Velocity

Einstien-Scmoluchowski relation

Flagellar propulsion

Motility of Escherichia Coli

Probability Distributions (Gaussian , Binomial , Poisson)

etc

The book is a fairly easy read.

You'll need at least high school to uni maths background.

The maths is fairly practical stuff ( translatable to s/w code )

There are plenty of graphs and diagrams.
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Jose
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplified and very succinct. A nice book
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Perhaps the best feature of this book is the hability to explain complex ideas in a quite simple way (by examples) and very focused on the subject. The book is very short but not lacking additional information.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Awesome book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ok
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Quality was ok, bought for my son, not my business
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