INDEX 



323 



Capacitance, electrical, of double-layer of 



membranes, 264 

 Carbohydrates, 125 ff 



structure and properties of, 129 

 polysaccharides, 133 

 with lipids, 134 

 in living membranes, 140 

 fuel value of, 166 

 Cataracts, nature of, 91 



induced by ionizing radiations, 253 

 Cavitation, 61 

 Catalysts, principle, 199 

 enzymes as, 201 ff 

 for balky redox reactions, 183 

 Cells, division of, effect of ionizing radia- 

 tions on, 247 ff 

 distortion of, by bad molecules, 157-159 

 leucocytes, DNA content of, 243 

 membrane of: 



electron micrograph and schematic dia- 

 grams of, 141, 272 

 structure and properties of, 140, 264 

 water flow through, 37, 142 

 nucleus of, illustration, 264 

 radiation sensitivity of, 247 fT, 250, 251 

 Central nervous system, studies on, 273-277 

 behavior of neurons, 274 

 effect of ionizing radiations on, 276 

 electroencephalography and the, 274 

 transmission across synapses in spinal 

 cord, 274, 275 

 Charge, electrical, definition of, 38 

 and Coulomb's law, 39 

 on colloids, 40 

 Chemical potential, n< 176 

 Chemical reactions, factors of rate expres- 

 sions, 228 

 Chemiluminescence, 146 

 Chromosomes, effects of irradiation during 



mitosis, 251, 252 

 Clark, book on redox systems, 180 

 Classification of inputs of information, 299, 

 315 

 of subject matter of biophysics, 3 

 problems of, by a computer, 303 

 subjective character of, in man, 299, 315 

 Cochlea, 58 

 Codes, molecular, 125, 148 ff 



biochemical information on, 154, 156 

 cogs and cams in, 154 

 in bases of nucleic acids, 1 53-1 56 

 genetic information on, 154-155 

 table of three-base, 155 

 Cole, on nerve propagation, 264 

 Collagen, molecular weight and dimensions, 

 139 

 of skin, 134 



on tongue, 108 

 properties of, 129, 137 

 tensile strength of, in tendon, 133 

 Colloids, agglutination of, by ionizing radia- 

 tions, 245 

 blood groups and, 40, 156 

 electrostatic forces and, 40 

 stability of, 40, 156 

 Color, complementary pairs, 89 



sources of, 83 

 Color blindness, 90 

 Color vision, theories of, 89-90, 27^ 

 Compton absorption and scattering of X and 



7 rays, 80, 105-106 

 Complex, activated, 200, 202 



enzyme — substrate (Michaelis). 202 

 Computers, analog, 305, 307-308 

 problem for, 312 



and the brain, 295, 296, 303-305, 309 

 and representation of nerve phenomena, 



304-305 

 calculations by, on iron metabolism, 309- 



313 

 data processing, storage and retrieval by, 



302 

 determinism in, 296, 304 

 digital, 306-307 

 number of components in, vs brain, 295, 



296, 309 

 Turing's, 296 



with animal-like behavior, 296, 304 

 Concentration cells, potentials of, 267 



(See also Electrical potentials, and Mem- 

 branes) 

 Concepts in the mind, 302, 303, 315 

 Conductivity, Electrical, 219 ff (See Electrical 

 conductivity) 

 heat, 244 ff (See also Heat conductivity) 

 Conductor, "volume" — principle of, 223 



and EKG and EEG, 224 

 Cones, distribution and properties of, 85-86 

 Convection in heat transfer, 226 

 Cooling, Fourier's law of, 225 



Newton's law of, in terms of vapor pres- 

 sure, 227 

 Control, concepts and language of, 295 ff, 315 

 effects of environment on, 290 ff 

 endocrine, over biochemistry of body, 277, 



308 

 nervous, over muscle, 277 

 Control biophysics, 296, 303-305 



brain vs computer, 303 ff 

 Corey, on alpha helix. 12" 



Cornea, 85 



inflammation of due to ultraviolet, 93 



Coulomb's law, 74 

 cps — cycles per second 



