The physics behind discontinu-ous electrophoresis provides a tremendous teaching tool.The section on an ultracentrifugation doesnt distinguishbetween analytical and preparative centrifuges. A tremendous opportunity is missed whenSDS-PAGE is mentioned. As an example, partial specific volume isnot given the rigorous definition given earlier to partialmolar volume. None of the subjects is covered in the detail doneearlier in the text. Chapter 16 seems to bean add-on designed to make sure all the bases are cov-ered. Also, the differ-ence between negative rotation of light and the L-designa-tion based on structure seems to get confused in thediscussion of rotation of light by right-handed helices inproteins made up of L-amino acids.I found Chapters 15 (Photochemistry and Photobiology)Īnd 16 (Macromolecules) disappointing based on the ex-cellence of the first 10 chapters. In these chapters, the relevance tobiology was not as strongly emphasized, except for metalion binding.Chapters 13 (Intermolecular Forces) and 14 (Spectros-Ĭopy) are well done, even though the author does notacknowledge the flickering cluster or similar models inhis discussion of the structure of water. TheseĬhapters included quantum mechanics, atomic structure,and chemical bonding.
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Physical chemistry term is used that is named after aperson, the author gives the full name, country, date ofbirth, and date of death (if applicable) of the scientist.I was not as excited about Chapters 12 and 13. Multiple referencesare given both in the text and at the end of each chapter.Another very positive aspect is that when the first time a An-swers to even-numbered problems are given in the back ofthe text without providing the solution. Phasis on relevant biochemical systems in most of thechapters and multiple worked problems in each chapterwith extensive end of chapter problems grouped accord-ing to the concept being emphasized in the problem. Include extensive discussions of active transport (Chapter5), the physical basis for the energy released during thehydrolysis of ATP, the unequivocal statement that a cell atequilibrium is a dead cell (Chapter 6), and in Chapter 7 onelectrochemistry there is an extended discussion of theTCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, and the workings ofnerve cells.Things I think are especially well done include the em. I was disappointed that the author includedcoupled reactions based on G in his discussion ofglycolysis.Topics not normally included in a physical chemistry text Chapter 10 on enzyme kinetics would fit well inmost biochemistry texts except for its failure to includemixed inhibition as the general case for noncompetitiveinhibition. Theauthor is very careful, for example, to explain why thequantity X in equations of the type ln X is always dimen-sionless. The authors development of thermody-namic terms and equations is especially well done. Solution chemistry, chemical equilibrium, electrochemis-try, acid base chemistry, and kinetics, to be excellent, withgreat care taken to develop concepts in a simple andlogical manner. In this setting, it provides an excel-lent choice for those schools that offer biochemistry ormolecular biology degrees but because of general educa-tion requirements are limited in the number of sciencecourses that can be required.I found the first 10 chapters, involving thermodynamics, The author is quite explicit about hisintended audience, students taking a one-semester intro-ductory course in physical chemistry who have taken gen-eral chemistry, organic chemistry, and a year each ofphysics and calculus. Itappears to be a much pared down version of his 2000 textPhysical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sci-ences, 3rd Edition.
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This is another in a series of books on physical chem-istry for biological science majors written by the author. Physical Chemistry for the BiosciencesChang, Raymond, University Science Books, Sausalito,CA, 2005, 677 pp., ISBN 1-89, $96.00.
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