Thermodynamics in Bioenergetics is an interdisciplinary book since it includes thermodynamics and biochemistry. Its principal goal is to justify the direction and the extent of the numerous reactions which evolve in various biochemical cycles, on thermodynamic grounds. This is the reason why the book begins with several chapters devoted to chemical thermodynamics and particularly to the concept of Gibbs energy and to that of exergonic reactions. It appears, indeed, that among biochemical reactions, several exhibit an unfavorable reactional Gibbs energy but, despite that, evolve in contradistinction to these forecastings. The judicious coupling of several reactions is the “trick used” by nature in order that the numerous reactions arising in various biochemical cycles evolve in the right direction. The book emphasizes this point.
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Thermodynamics in Bioenergetics is an interdisciplinary book since it includes thermodynamics and biochemistry. Its principal goal is to justify the direction and the extent of the numerous reactions which evolve in various biochemical cycles, on thermodynamic grounds. This is the reason why the book begins with several chapters devoted to chemical thermodynamics and particularly to the concept of Gibbs energy and to that of exergonic reactions. It appears, indeed, that among biochemical reactions, several exhibit an unfavorable reactional Gibbs energy but, despite that, evolve in contradistinction to these forecastings. The judicious coupling of several reactions is the “trick used” by nature in order that the numerous reactions arising in various biochemical cycles evolve in the right direction. The book emphasizes this point.