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Ben-Naim, Arieh Yehuda was born on July 11, 1934 in Jerusalem.
(The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has o...)
The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has only recently emerged as a new entity of research, although its roots may be found in age-old works. The purpose of this book is to present the molecular theory of aqueous fluids based on the framework of the general theory of liquids. The style of the book is introductory in character, but the reader is presumed to be familiar with the basic properties of water for instance, the topics reviewed by Eisenberg and Kauzmann (1969) and the elements of classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics e.g., Denbigh (1966), Hill (1960) and to have some elementary knowledge of probability e.g., Feller (1960), Papoulis (1965). No other familiarity with the molecular theory of liquids is presumed. For the convenience of the reader, we present in Chapter 1 the rudi ments of statistical mechanics that are required as prerequisites to an under standing of subsequent chapters. This chapter contains a brief and concise survey of topics which may be adopted by the reader as the fundamental "rules of the game," and from here on, the development is very slow and detailed.
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This book was planned and written with one central goal in mind: to demonstrate that statistical thermodynamics can be used successfully by a broad group of scientists, ranging from chemists through biochemists to biologists, who are not and do not intend to become specialists in statistical thermodynamics. The book is addressed mainly to gradu ate students and research scientists interested in designing experiments the results of which may be interpreted at the molecular level, or in interpreting such experimental results. It is not addressed to those who intend to practice statistical thermodynamics per se. With this goal in mind, I have expended a great deal of effort to make the book clear, readable, and, I hope, enjoyable. This does not necessarily mean that the book as a whole is easy to read. The first four chapters are very detailed. The last four become progressively more difficult to read, for several reasons. First, presuming that the reader has already acquired familiarity with the methods and arguments presented in the first part, I felt that similar arguments could be skipped later on, leaving the details to be filled in by the reader. Second, the systems themselves become progressively more com plicated as we proceed toward the last chapter.
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This book deals with a subject that has been studied since the beginning of physical chemistry. Despite the thousands of articles and scores of books devoted to solvation thermodynamics, I feel that some fundamen tal and well-established concepts underlying the traditional approach to this subject are not satisfactory and need revision. The main reason for this need is that solvation thermodynamics has traditionally been treated in the context of classical (macroscopic) ther modynamics alone. However, solvation is inherently a molecular pro cess, dependent upon local rather than macroscopic properties of the system. Therefore, the starting point should be based on statistical mechanical methods. For many years it has been believed that certain thermodynamic quantities, such as the standard free energy (or enthalpy or entropy) of solution, may be used as measures of the corresponding functions of solvation of a given solute in a given solvent. I first challenged this notion in a paper published in 1978 based on analysis at the molecular level. During the past ten years, I have introduced several new quantities which, in my opinion, should replace the conventional measures of solvation thermodynamics. To avoid confusing the new quantities with those referred to conventionally in the literature as standard quantities of solvation, I called these "nonconventional," "generalized," and "local" standard quantities and attempted to point out the advantages of these new quantities over the conventional ones.
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This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the importance of hydrophilic interactions in biochemical processes and then goes on to describe the applications of the hydrophilic interactions in these processes, specifically protein folding, protein association, self assembly and molecular recognition. In this volume it is shown that the new paradigm, based on the hydrophilic effect, brings us as close as one can hope to the solutions of the protein folding problem, as well as the problem of self assembly and molecular recognition. In addition, the new paradigm also provides an explanation of the high solubility of globular proteins. The change in the paradigm is shown symbolically in the cover design of this book.
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This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the importance of hydrophilic interactions in biochemical processes and then goes on to describe the applications of the hydrophilic interactions in these processes, specifically protein folding, protein association, self assembly and molecular recognition. In this volume it is shown that the new paradigm, based on the hydrophilic effect, brings us as close as one can hope to the solutions of the protein folding problem, as well as the problem of self assembly and molecular recognition. In addition, the new paradigm also provides an explanation of the high solubility of globular proteins. The change in the paradigm is shown symbolically in the cover design of this book. This book is also available as a set with "Molecular Theory of Water and Aqueous Solutions - Part 1: Understanding Water".
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(The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has o...)
The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has only recently emerged as a new entity of research, although its roots may be found in age-old works. The purpose of this book is to present the molecular theory of aqueous fluids based on the framework of the general theory of liquids. The style of the book is introductory in character, but the reader is presumed to be familiar with the basic properties of water for instance, the topics reviewed by Eisenberg and Kauzmann (1969) and the elements of classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics e.g., Denbigh (1966), Hill (1960) and to have some elementary knowledge of probability e.g., Feller (1960), Papoulis (1965). No other familiarity with the molecular theory of liquids is presumed. For the convenience of the reader, we present in Chapter 1 the rudi ments of statistical mechanics that are required as prerequisites to an under standing of subsequent chapters. This chapter contains a brief and concise survey of topics which may be adopted by the reader as the fundamental "rules of the game," and from here on, the development is very slow and detailed.
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My personal involvement with the problem of hydrophobic interactions (HI) began about ten years ago. At that time I was asked to write a review article on the properties of aqueous solutions of nonpolar solutes. While surveying the literature on this subject I found numerous discussions of the concept of HI. My interest in these interactions increased especially after reading the now classical review of W. Kauzmann (1959), in which the importance of the HI to biochemical processes is stressed. Yet, in spite of having read quite extensively on the various aspects of the subject, I acquired only a very vague idea of what people actually had in mind when referring to HI. In fact, it became quite clear that the term HI was applied by different authors to describe and interpret quite different phenomena occurring in aqueous solutions. Thus, even the most fundamental question of the very definition of the concept of HI remained unanswered. But other questions followed, e. g. : Are HI really a well established experimental fact? Is there any relation between HI and the peculiar properties of water? Is the phenomenon really unique to aqueous solutions? Finally, perhaps the most crucial question I sought to answer was whether or not there exists hard evidence that HI are really important -as often claimed-in biological processes.
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The aim of this book is to explain the unusual properties of both pure liquid water and simple aqueous solutions, in terms of the properties of single molecules and interactions among small numbers of water molecules. It is mostly the result of the author's own research spanning over 40 years in the field of aqueous solutions. An understanding of the properties of liquid water is a prelude to the understanding of the role of water in biological systems and for the evolvement of life. The book is targeted at anyone who is interested in the outstanding properties of water and its role in biological systems. It is addressed to both students and researchers in chemistry, physics and biology. • Survey of the Properties of Water • Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Liquid Water • Water with One Simple Solute • Water with Two Solute Molecules: Hydrophobic Hydrophilic Phenomena
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Ben-Naim, Arieh Yehuda was born on July 11, 1934 in Jerusalem.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1965.
He has made major contributions over 40 years to the theory of the structure of water, aqueous solutions and hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions. He is mainly concerned with theoretical and experimental aspects of the general theory of liquids and solutions. In recent years, he has advocated the use of information theory to better understand and advance statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Books written by Arieh Ben-Naim on the theory of liquids:
Water and Aqueuous Solutions: An introduction to molecular theory (1974) (out of print)
Hydrophobic Interactions (1980)
Molecular Theory of Solutions (2006)
Molecular Theory of Water and Aqueous Solutions: Understanding Water (2009)
Entropy and the Second Law: Interpretation and Misss-Interpretationsss (2012)
Arieh Ben-Naim is a modern antagonist of the term entropy.
He advocates abandoning the word entropy altogether, and replacing it with missing information. He also indicates that the Kelvin temperature scale artificially introduces the units of thermodynamic entropy.
Because this temperature scale was introduced before the atomic, microscopic nature of matter was widely accepted, the Boltzmann constant was necessary. South=kBlog(West) could be expressed simply as South = log(West) if the energy units for temperature kBT were used.
An example of the insight that information theory can bring to statistical mechanics is the rederivation of the Sackur-Tetrode equation.
lieutenant results from stacking the missing information due to 4 terms: positional uncertainty, momenta uncertainty, quantum mechanical uncertainty principle and the indistinguishability of the particles. Books written by Arieh Ben-Naim on entropy and statistical mechanics include:
Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense (2008)
A farewell to entropy: statistical thermodynamics based on information (2008)
Discover Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (2010).
(This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the i...)
(This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the i...)
(This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the i...)
(This book was planned and written with one central goal i...)
(The aim of this book is to explain the unusual properties...)
(The aim of this book is to explain the unusual properties...)
(The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has o...)
(The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has o...)
(My personal involvement with the problem of hydrophobic i...)
(My personal involvement with the problem of hydrophobic i...)
(This book deals with a subject that has been studied sinc...)
With Israeli Air Force, 1952-1956.
Son of Samuel and Rachel (Russeau) B. Divorced; children: Oded, Raanan, Yuval.