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PHYSICS OF LIFEThe Physicist’s Ro
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ContentsPrefaceixPart I General int
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Contentsvii20E Birth-death process
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PrefaceFor me, the journey to the p
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Part IGeneral introduction§ 1 INTR
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Chapter 1. Introduction: the aim an
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Chapter 2. The physics of life: phy
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Part IIThe physics basis§ 3 CONCEP
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Part IIIThe general trends and obje
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Chapter 13. What is life? 113Figure
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Part IVGoing further with thermodyn
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Part VStochastic dynamics§ 17 PROB
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Part VIIIApplications§ 30 RECOGNIT
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ReferencesAbramowitz, M. and Stegun
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References 413Decroly, D. and Goldb
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References 415Hammerhoff, S. R., 19
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References 417Mosekilde, E., 1996.
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References 419Tsong, T. Y. and Chan
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Indexa-helix, 99s-bond, 50-51, 99d-
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Index 425polar, 32, 97, 100, 102-10