The Restless Cell
Continuum Theories of Living Matter
$150.00
- Hardcover
440 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2024
Summary
An essential introduction to the physics of active matter and its application to questions in biology
In recent decades, the theory of active matter has emerged as a powerful tool for exploring the differences between living and nonliving states of matter. The Restless Cell provides a self-contained, quantitative description of how the continuum theory of matter has been generalized to account for the complex and sometimes counterintuitive behaviors of living…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691236360 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691236364 |
| Author: | Christina Hueschen, Rob Phillips |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 440 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.79kg |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“Winner of the PROSE Award in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology Texbooks, Association of American Publishers”
“Winner of the PROSE Award in Textbooks, Association of American Publishers”
“We definitely recommend The Restless Cell for the mathematically inclined biologist.”—Paul E. Schavemaker and Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Christina Hueschen
Christina Hueschen is assistant professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of California, San Diego.
Rob Phillips is the Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics at the California Institute of Technology. His books include The Molecular Switch and (with Ron Milo) Cell Biology by the Numbers.
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