Abstract

The application of physical and physicochemical principles and methods to the study of biologic problems has resulted in many valuable contributions to our understanding of the complex relationships that exist in living cells. In spite of this fact, however, progress has been relatively slow and our knowledge of this field is still fragmentary. One reason for this slow rate of advance is probably the fact that too few of the older investigators are sufficiently well trained in mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical chemistry and biology to plan and carry out significant work in this borderline field. And yet such work will have to be done, in increasing amounts, before we may expect really to understand the complex chemical and physical reactions that take place in living protoplasm. For these reasons the publication of a book like this one by Höber and his collaborators is significant for the future of cellular physiology.

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