Chapter 1: Systems, state functions, and the laws of thermodynamics. Chapter 2: Energetics and chemical equilibria. Chapter 3: Statistical thermodynamics. Chapter 4: Thermodynamics of transport processes. Chapter 5: Electrochemistry. Chapter 6: Reaction velocities and rate laws. Chapter 7: Integrated rate laws for uni- and bimolecular reactions. Chapter 8: Reaction types. Chapter 9: Deriving integrated rate laws by solving sets of differential equations with matrix algebra. Chapter 10: Rate-limiting steps. Chapter 11: Binding reactions: one-step and two-step binding. Chapter 12: Single-molecule kinetics. Chapter 13: Steady-state (enzyme) kinetics. Chapter 14: Complex reaction schemes and their analysis. Chapter 15: Temperature dependence of rate constants. Chapter 16: Principles of catalysis. Chapter 17: Molecular Structure and Interactions. Chapter 18: Proteins. Chapter 19: Nucleic Acids. Chapter 20: Macromolecular Modeling. Chapter 21: Optical Spectroscopy. Chapter 22: Magnetic Resonance. Chapter 23: Solution Scattering. Chapter 24: Crystallography. Chapter 25: Fluorescence Imaging and Microscopy. Chapter 26: Electron Microscopy. Chapter 27: Scanning Probe Microscopy and Force Measurements. Chapter 28: Transient Kinetic Methods. Chapter 29: Molecular Mass, Size, and Shape. Chapter 30: Calorimetry. Chapter 31: Mathematical Concepts Used in this Book. Chapter 32: Prefixes, Units, Constants.
Biography
Dagmar Klostermeier is of the University of Muenster, Germany.
Markus G. Rudolph is of the Pharma Research & Early Development Division in the Roche Group, Switzerland.
'The authors indicate in the preface that the main target readers of this book are undergraduate students and scientists with a background in life sciences. This is definitely the least that can be said about this impressive compilation of knowledge presented in a very attractive way, with ‘boxes’ throughout the book giving some explanation of the concepts or remarks on unexpected applications, enlightened by numerous illustrations, schemes and molecular modeling that should inspire numerous teachers.
This really is a massive and impressive book overviewing a wide field of knowledge, especially when one considers that only two authors contributed.'
- Marc Hebrant, Universite´de Lorraine, Acta Crystallographica, 2025.
