Mechanics of the Cell (2nd edition)
The second edition for Mechanics of the Cell is now in preparation, with an expected publication
date of late 2010. Compared the first edition, the second version will be 50% longer and in full color.
The problem sets will be doubled in size, and new topics will be added on cell dynamics, as well as
single-molecule biophysics. Typos from the first edition will be corrected, and new ones will doubtless
be introduced.
600 pages, including index and glossary
400 colour diagrams
300 "end of chapter" problems, grouped into biological applications and formal extensions.
To be published in 2010 by
Cambridge University Press.
ISBNs: hardback TBD, paperback TBD
The book can be ordered directly from:
Cambridge U.K. (outside North America)
Cambridge North America
Amazon.com
Table of contents (overview)
Table of contents (details, as PDF)
Sample material from Chapters 1 - 2 (available summer 2009)
Table of contents for Mechanics of the Cell (2nd edition)
Contents
Preface
List of symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction to the cell
Chapter 2 Soft materials and fluids
Part I Rods and ropes
Chapter 3 Polymers
Chapter 4 Complex filaments
Chapter 5 Two-dimensional networks
Chapter 6 Three-dimensional networks
Part II Membranes
Chapter 7 Biomembranes
Chapter 8 Membrane undulations
Chapter 9 Intermembrane and electrostatic forces
Part III The whole cell
Chapter 10 Structure of the simplest cells
Chapter 11 Dynamic filaments
Chapter 12 Growth and division
Chapter 13 Control and organization
Appendix A Animal cells and tissues
Appendix B The cell's molecular building blocks
Appendix C Elementary statistical mechanics
Appendix D Elasticity
Appendix E Micromanipulation techniques
Glossary
References
Index
Sample material (not available until summer 2009)
The following links provide samples of the first two chapters of Mechanics of the Cell
stored as PDF files. The file "Chap. 1" is the finished version from the book, and contains the table of
contents etc. Chap. 2 demonstrates the level of mathematics employed throughout the book, but
is not the final copy - it still contains typos.
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the cell
Chapter 2 - Polymers