Random Walks in Biology, 9780691279893
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Unlock life’s secrets: random walks reveal biological processes, molecule by molecule.
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Random Walks in Biology

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    168 pages

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    3 February 2026

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Summary

Random Walks in Biology: Exploring the Dynamics of Life

A landmark account of the dynamics of living systems and the methods for studying them

Random Walks in Biology provides a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know. Howard Berg offers an essential foundation for understanding random motions of molecules, subcellular particles, and ce…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691279893
ISBN-10:0691279896
Series:Princeton Science Library
Author:Howard C. Berg
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:168
Release Date:3 February 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
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Critics Review

“A scholarly and pedagogically masterly introduction to diffusion, its physics and its statistics.”—Charles DeLisi, Nature“I very strongly recommend this excellent book to students as a supplementary textbook in courses on biochemistry, physiology, and biophysics. Moreover, research scientists and scholars should enjoy reading it.”—Akira Okubo, Quarterly Review of Biology

About The Author

Howard C. Berg

Howard C. Berg (1934–2021) was the Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University.

William Bialek is the John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics at Princeton University.

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