Metabolism and Medicine: The Physics of Biological Engines (Volume 1)

Author:   Brian Fertig (Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Hospital)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367699918


Pages:   338
Publication Date:   26 January 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Brian Fertig (Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Hospital)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.211kg
ISBN:  

9780367699918


ISBN 10:   0367699915
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   26 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Preface to Volume One.................................................................................................................................xiii Prologue........................................................................................................................................................xvii Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................................................xxi Personal Statements...................................................................................................................................... xxv 1. Biological Thermodynamics: On Energy, Information, and Its Evil Twin, Entropy...................... 1 2. Biological Engines and the Molecular Machinery of Life........................................................................ 53 3. From Quantum Biology to Quantum Medicine...................................................................................... 95 4. From Systems Biology to Systems Medicine.......................................................................................181 5. Introduction to the Roadmap of Future Medicine: The Physiological Fitness Landscape........... 245 6. Science Seen Through the Lessons of Life......................................................................... 331

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Brian Fertig is a clinical endocrinologist, with almost 30 years of clinical experience. He is Chairman of the Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology Hackensack Meridian Health at JFK University Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey and Associate Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University School of Medicine with an expertise in metabolism. He is also Founder of the Diabetes and Osteoporosis Center. Jack Tuszynski is a a Professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Alberta and a Fellow of the National Institute for Nanotechnology of Canada. Between 2005 and 2020 he held the position of the Allard Chair and Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta’s Cross Cancer Institute.

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