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Series Preface Preface Acknowledgments Note to Instructors Author Chapter 1 Probabilities and Statistics in Chemical and Biothermodynamics Chapter 2 Mathematical Tools in Thermodynamics Chapter 3 The Framework of Thermodynamics and the First Law Chapter 4 The Second Law and Entropy Chapter 5 Free Energy as a Potential for the Laboratory and for Biology Chapter 6 Using Chemical Potentials to Describe Phase Transitions Chapter 7 The Concentration Dependence of Chemical Potential, Mixing, and Reactions Chapter 8 Conformational Equilibrium Chapter 9 Statistical Thermodynamics and the Ensemble Method Chapter 10 Ensembles That Interact with Their Surroundings Chapter 11 Partition Functions for Single Molecules and Chemical Reactions Chapter 12 The Helix–Coil Transition Chapter 13 Ligand Binding Equilibria from a Macroscopic Perspective Chapter 14 Ligand Binding Equilibria from a Microscopic Perspective Appendix: How to Use Mathematica 485 Bibliography Index