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Biology for Engineers is an interdisciplinary textbook designed for the students of various engineering streams to appreciate the link between biological science and engineering. Organised into eleven chapters, the book begins with a chapter that discusses the significance of biology in the engineering context and moves onto the basics of origin of life followed by a brief chapter on evolution. Concepts of cell biology is discussed in very details spread over four exclusive chapters. This is followed by chapters on DNA and cell replication and quantification. The last few chapters discusses chapters on proteins, mendelian genetics, cellular organelles before concluding with the chapter on human physiology.

Table of Contents:
1: Why should engineers know biology? 1.1. Biology and the engineering undergraduate 1.2. Need for biology 1.2.1 Shinkansen sonic boom 1.2.2. For our wellness - we are all biological entities 1.2.3. Scholarly view - it is there and it needs to be understood Reflection point (RP) 1.2. 1.3. Learning biology is fundamentally not different from learning mathematics RP 1.3. 1.4. How will this book help? 1.5. Additional information 2: What is life? How did it originate on earth and evolve? 2.1. Why are surgical instruments sterilized before use? RP 2.1. 2.2. What is life? 2.3. The cell is the fundamental functional unit of life RP 2.3. 2.4. Cells in the human body RP 2.4. 2.5. What does science tell us about the origin of life on earth? RP 2.5. 2.6. What is evolution? RP 2.6. 2.7. Additional Information 3: The fundamental molecules of life - 1 3.1. Bioreactors RP 3.1. 3.2. Shear in bioreactors and its effect on productivity 3.3. What gets affected by shear in cells? RP 3.3. 3.4. A typical eukaryotic cell contains many parts tightly packed inside it RP 3.4. 3.5. How is the cell (plasma) membrane, microscopically speaking? 3.6. Molecules that consist the cell (plasma) membrane RP 3.6. 3.7. Functions of the cell membrane RP 3.7. 3.8. Lipids - one of the four fundamental biomolecules RP 3.8. 3.9. Lipids - the human angle RP 3.9. 3.10. Additional Information 4: Fundamental molecules of life - 2 4.1. How is curd/yogurt made at home? 4.2. Why does milk turn into curd? 4.3. What is the source of the acid? 4.4. Carbohydrates - the second of the four fundamental biomolecules RP 4.4. 4.5. Action at a molecular level 4.6. Water and its biological relevance RP 4.6. 4.7. Aggregation of something called casein led to curd formation 4.8. Significance of carbohydrates in the human body (diabetes, etc.) RP 4.8. 4.9. Bioenergy RP 4.9. 4.10 Additional Information 5: 5. Fundamental molecules of life - 3 5.1. Casein is a protein 5.2. Amino acids and their polymers RP 5.2. 5.3. Structure of proteins - the third of the four fundamental biomolecules RP 5.3. 5.4. Structure function relationship and significance RP 5.4. 5.5. Role of proteins in the cell and its membrane RP 5.5. 5.6. Role of proteins in the human body RP 5.6. 5.7. Enzymes are mostly proteins 5.8. Enzymes used in the industry 5.9. Quantification of enzyme activity and kinetics RP 5.9. 5.10. Additional Information 6: Fundamental molecules of life - 4 6.1. How does the cell get energy for its various processes? RP 6.1. 6.2. What kind of molecules are ATP and ADP? - Nucleic acids: the fourth of the four fundamental biomolecules RP 6.2. 6.3. Substrate level phosphorylation RP 6.3. 6.4. Electron transport phosphorylation RP 6.4. 6.5. Where do these phosphorylations take place in a cell? RP 6.5. 6.6. Polymers of nucleotides - DNA, RNA 6.7. Structural aspects of DNA and RNA RP 6.7. 6.8. Where and in what form is DNA present in the cell? 6.9. Additional Information 7: DNA replication 7.1. Separation of strands, replication bubbles and fork RP 7.1. 7.2. Priming, addition of new monomers (DNA elongation) and directionality RP 7.2. 7.3. Leading, lagging strands and Okazaki fragments RP 7.3. 7.4. Problem at the ends of non-circular DNA RP 7.4. 7.5. Proof-reading and repair of DNA RP 7.5. 7.6. Additional Information 8: Cell replication and its quantification 8.1. DNA replication happens in a cell as a part of the cell cycle 8.2. The major steps in a cell cycle RP 8.2. 8.3. Why should cells replicate? RP 8.3. 8.4. Quantification of cell division RP 8.4. 8.5. Chromosomes in the cell 8.6. All cells undergo mitosis RP 8.6. 8.7. Sex (germ) cells undergo both mitosis and meiosis RP 8.7. 8.8. Additional Information 9: How are proteins made in the cell? - Transcription and translation 9.1. Role of enzymes in the cell and the human body (recall) 9.2. The central dogma 9.3. Overview of the transcription and translation processes RP 9.3. 9.4. The genetic code RP 9.4. 9.5. Some details of transcription - initiation, elongation, and termination 9.5.1. Initiation 9.5.2. Elongation 9.5.2. Termination RP 9.5. 9.6. Modifications in eukaryotic pre-mRNA 9.6.1. Additions 9.6.2 Cut-paste RP 9.6. 9.7. Details of the translation process - initiation, elongation, and termination 9.7.1. Initiation 9.7.2. Elongation of the polypeptide chain 9.7.3. Termination RP 9.7. 9.8. Post-translational modifications RP 9.8. 9.9. Protein targeting RP 9.9. 9.10. Mutations and their outcomes RP 9.10. 9.11. Mutation - the molecular mechanism of evolution, and the core of genetic engineering 9.12. Additional Information 10: Mendelian genetics as a useful tool 10.1. Common genetic diseases in India RP 10.1. 10.2. Common genetic diseases across the world RP 10.2. 10.3. Mendelian genetics - a first approximation tool to predict genetic diseases in the offspring RP 10.3. 10.4. Essentials of Mendelian genetics RP 10.4. 10.5. Probabilities of occurrence in Mendelian genetics RP 10.5. 10.6. Pedigree analysis RP 10.6. 10.7 Sex-linked inheritance RP 10.7. 10.8. Non-Mendelian inheritance RP 10.8. 10.9. Additional Information 11: The coordinated function of cells in a biological system - human organ systems 11.1. Tissues - Cellular and extra-cellular matrix details 11.1.1. Muscle tissue 11.1.2. Nervous tissue 11.1.3. Connective tissue 11.1.4. Epithelial tissue RP 11.1 11.2. Organs are made of difference tissue types 11.3. Respiratory and circulatory systems 11.4. Digestive and excretory systems 11.5. Nervous system RP 11.5. 11.6. Other systems 11.7. Homeostasis, and its achievement through coordinated function of different organ systems RP 11.7. 11.8. Additional information


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199498741
  • Publisher: OUP India
  • Publisher Imprint: OUP India
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 184 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0199498741
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jul 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 332 gr


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