Simple Brownian Diffusion: An Introduction to the Standard Theoretical Models

Gillespie, Daniel Thomas

ISBN 10: 0199664501 / ISBN 13: 9780199664504

Published by see below, 2016

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2016 OUP hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition.

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• Title: Simple Brownian Diffusion: An Introduction to the Standard Theoretical Models
• Publisher: see below
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199664501
• ISBN 13: 9780199664504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

This book presents the mathematical physics that underlies the four simplest models of Brownian diffusion.

About the Author

Dan Gillespie is a physicist, with a B.A. from Rice University and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He is best known as the inventor of the Gillespie algorithm for numerically simulating the discrete-stochastic time evolution of chemical reactions inside living cells. He has written two previous books in science: A Quantum Mechanics Primer (in print from 1970 to 1986 from International Textbook Co.), and Markov Processes: An Introduction for Physical Scientists (1992, Academic Press). He was for 30 years a civilian research scientist for the U. S. Navy in China Lake, California. Since his retirement from there in 2001 he has been a private consultant in stochastic chemical kinetics, working collaboratively with researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the California Institute of Technology.

Effrosyni Seitaridou is an Associate Professor of Physics at Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002 she received a B.A. in physics from Smith College and also a B.E. in Materials Science from Dartmouth College. She did post-graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology as a Moore Fellow in the Rob Phillips research group. There she received her M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in applied physics, with a focus on biochemical systems and microfluidics devices. She is currently conducting experiments with undergraduate students on diffusion in biofilms. She is also designing interdisciplinary experiments for the introductory physics curriculum. In 2009 she received formal recognition from Phi Beta Kappa for her excellence in teaching.