Name: The Photon Cage (en Inglés)
SKU: 69242196
Price: 37.61 USD
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Author: Gwen E. Marchetti
ISBN: 9798896655305

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Libro Físico

Editorial

NobleTrex Press

Autor

Gwen E. Marchetti

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

322

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9798896655305

The Photon Cage (en Inglés)

Gwen E. Marchetti (Autor) · NobleTrex Press · Tapa Blanda

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How can a beam of light hold a living cell still, tug on a strand of DNA, or feel the footstep of a molecular motor? The Photon Cage answers that startling question by telling the story of optical tweezers, one of modern science's most elegant inventions. Anyone curious about invisible forces, cutting-edge biology, or the strange power of lasers will find a gripping guide to a world where light becomes a tool, a probe, and a pair of hands.Readers will discover how photons carry momentum, why a tightly focused laser can act like an invisible spring, and how Arthur Ashkin's bold ideas at Bell Labs led to a Nobel Prize-winning technology. Along the way, the book follows the rise of optical tweezers from a surprising laboratory trick to a precision instrument that can move single cells, stretch DNA, and measure the tiny forces generated by proteins such as kinesin and myosin.What makes this book special is its blend of wonder, history, and clear explanation. It treats a sophisticated subject with the accessibility of the best popular science, showing not only how optical tweezers work, but why they changed biophysics. The result is a concise, vivid introduction to a technology that lets scientists touch life without touching it at all.