Biophysics of Life

Origin and Evolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-36368-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Biophysics of Life: Origin and Evolution explores the biophysical mechanisms involved in the formation and evolution of life. The book considers a range of topics including the history of life’s physical evolution, physics laws governing the origin of life, biophysical and biochemical principles in the building blocks of life, biomolecular mutations, physics and quantum mechanical interpretations of evolution. Biophysical and biochemical techniques for sequencing life’s origins are also explored, as well as bioinformatics and AI algorithms tracking the origins of life. Additionally biophysics of life in extreme conditions is considered, as well as biophysics of artificial life. Physics laws govern most of the molecular processes associated with biological life, and this book seeks to investigate this in the context of the origin and development of life, and consider how life’s maturation happened as a result of the coordinated actions of physics, chemistry, and biology. This is an important reference for researchers working across biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashrafuzzaman, Mohammad

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. History of life since its creation in the early universe and emergence on Earth
2. Physics laws governing the origin of life
3. Biophysical and biochemical principles behind the creation of life’s early building blocks
4. Biomolecules’ mutations and physical disorders modulating life’s processes
5. Energy and entropy defining biological life
6. Statistical mechanics of living systems concerned in biomedical sciences
7. Evolution of life: General physics interpretations
8. Evolution of life: Quantum mechanical interpretations
9. Sequencing life’s origins using biophysical and biochemical techniques
10. Bioinformatics tools and ai algorithms tracking the origins of life
11. Reverse tracking life’s evolution using bioinformatics tools and AI algorithms
12. Modern biophysics views of life in extreme conditions and at the edge of the universe
13. Habitable exoplanetary life and its bioengineering adaptation
14. Biophysics of artificial life

Über Autor(innen)

Ashrafuzzaman, Mohammad
Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, a biophysicist and condensed matter scientist, is passionate about investigating biological and biochemical processes utilizing physics principles and techniques. He is a professor of biophysics at King Saud University's Biochemistry Department in the College of Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the co-founder of MDT Canada Inc., a drug discovery company, and the founder of Child Life Development Institute, Edmonton, Canada. He has authored / edited 4 books, 60 peer-reviewed articles and several patents, and has served on the editorial boards of Elsevier and Bentham Science journals. Professor Ashrafuzzaman held research and academic ranks at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), Weill Medical College of Cornell University (USA), and University of Alberta (Canada). During 2013- 2018 he served as a Visiting Professor at the Departments of Oncology, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta. Professor