Chapter 17
Thermodynamics of Biological Systems
Contents
17.1 Introdução (Introduction)
17.3 Thermodynamics of Biological Cells
17.4 Energy Conversion Efficiency of Biological Systems
17.6 Thermodynamics of Nutrition and Exercise
17.7 Limits to Biological Growth
17.8 Locomotion Transport Number
17.1 Introdução (Introduction)
Over the years, thermodynamics has remained essentially an engineering discipline with only infrequent applications elsewhere. In chemistry, courses entitled Physical Chemistry specialize in applying thermodynamics to chemical systems of the type treated in Chapter 15 of this book. Only recently has the developing field of bioengineering ...
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