Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists
    Unavailable
    Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists
    Unavailable
    Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists
    Ebook220 pages5 hours

    Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists

    By Dietrich Stauffer, Suzana Maria Moss de Oliveira, Paulo Murilo Castro de Oliveira and Jorge Simoes de Sá Martins

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    The book requires only rudimentary physics knowledge but ability to program computers creatively and to keep the mind open to simple and not so simple models, based in individuals, for the living world around us.

    * Interdisciplinary coverage
    * Research oriented
    * Contains and explains programs
    * Based on recent discoveries
    * Little special knowledge required besides programming
    * Suitable for undergraduate and graduate research projects
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateFeb 17, 2006
    ISBN9780080462028
    Unavailable
    Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists
    Author

    Dietrich Stauffer

    University Professor of Theoretical Physics since 1977, research mostly with computer simulations (Monte Carlo), biophysics since 1986, ageing since 1993, econophysics since 1998, sociophysics since 2000, linguistics since 2004.

    Related to Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists

    Titles in the series (2)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Physics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Why Physics Is Not a Discipline: Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.

      Apr 21, 2016

      Have you heard the one about the biologist, the physicist, and the mathematician? They’re all sitting in a cafe watching people come and go from a house across the street. Two people enter, and then some time later, three emerge. The physicist says,

      12 min read

    • Article

      3 Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Developments in Electron Microscopy

      Oct 4, 2017

      Three scientists who developed new ways to capture the clearest snapshots of life's complex molecules have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, Joachim Frank of Columbia University

      4 min read

    • Article

      Method Could Interrupt Key Process In Neurodegenerative Disease

      Apr 8, 2024

      Researchers have uncovered a potential method for interrupting the misfolding of tau protein that underlies neurodegenerative disease. A spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), progressive supranuclear palsy (

      3 min read

    • Article

      Gene Drives Reach Mammals

      Jan 24, 2019

      Conservationists and bioethicists often regard the packages of engineered DNA called “gene drives” with a mixture of wonder, excitement, and dread. Gene drives violate the normal rules of inheritance by making sure they get passed down to all of thei

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Dash Of 'Quantum Weirdness' Adds An Intriguing New Aspect To The Theory Of Evolution

      Dec 7, 2023

      In 1990, while at Haverford College, I embarked on a transformative academic journey into biophysics –the captivating intersection of physics and biology. It was during this time that I delved into the tantalising notion of quantum mechanics operatin

      3 min read

    • Article

      Braindump

      Nov 24, 2022

      Braindump
      7 min read

    • Article

      Does Stress Speed Up Evolution?: Getting control of the molecular mechanisms that drive rapid mutations.

      Mar 31, 2016

      In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams’ comedic sci-fi series from the 1970s, the Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three are one of the most insecure and angry life forms in the galaxy. What’s their problem? They have “impatient chromosomes”

      13 min read

    • Article

      The Strange Inevitability of Evolution: Good solutions to biology’s problems are astonishingly plentiful.

      Oct 27, 2016

      Is the natural world creative? Just take a look around it. Look at the brilliant plumage of tropical birds, the diverse pattern and shape of leaves, the cunning stratagems of microbes, the dazzling profusion of climbing, crawling, flying, swimming th

      15 min read

    • Article

      Using A More Diverse Microbiome, Scientists Look To Create A Better Lab Mouse

      Aug 1, 2019

      A new mouse model with a diverse microbiome may help scientists in their quest to make meaningful discoveries in mice that will translate well in humans.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Were ‘Foldamers’ the Start of Life on Earth?

      Aug 30, 2017

      Researchers have developed a computational model that may explain how proteins, DNA, and RNA arose from simpler chemicals when life on Earth emerged around 4 billion years ago. The researchers say their model explains how certain molecules fold and b

      1 min read

    • Article

      Three Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Finding a Way to Peer Deep Into the Molecules of Life

      Oct 4, 2017

      The winners developed cryo-electron microscopy, a tool that allows scientists to generate a three-dimensional image of a protein down to the atomic level.

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Biology, Sociology, Geology by Computational Physicists

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words