ABSTRACT

^Energy and Life addresses the subject of energy in biological systems. It concentrates on the way in which energy flow through plants, animals and bacteria drives the primary processes of life such as metabolism, movement and ion transport. It deals with living systems from a whole-body approach, for exampke in starvation and obesity, to the cellu

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction to Bioenergetics

chapter 2|16 pages

Energy Requirements and Energy Expenditure

chapter 3|16 pages

1 Free energy changes

chapter 5|30 pages

Redox Reactions in Metabolism

chapter 6|20 pages

Redox Reactions in the Biosphere

chapter 8|24 pages

Energy Capture: Photosynthesis