Molecular Driving Forces, Third Edition
Forthcoming
Dill and Bromberg’s Molecular Driving Forces, Third Edition, provides an introduction to statistical thermodynamics, describing the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological processes. Known for its reader-friendly narrative and its uniquely understandable treatment of entropy, the text emphasizes the use of simple models to treat a wide range of molecular systems at a level that is accessible to the undergraduate student.
Summary
Dill and Bromberg’s Molecular Driving Forces, Third Edition, provides an introduction to statistical thermodynamics, describing the principles and forces that drive chemical and biological processes. Known for its reader-friendly narrative and its uniquely understandable treatment of entropy, the text emphasizes the use of simple models to treat a wide range of molecular systems at a level that is accessible to the undergraduate student.
The third edition features
- A new chapter on dynamics, including regulation, adaptation, feedback and biological evolution
- Substantial updates on water and aqueous solvation
- New vignettes on Bayes theorem, reverse osmosis, modern batteries, Hofmeister solvation, and others
- New and updated chapter-ending problems