{"product_id":"biophysics-of-computation","title":"Biophysics of Computation","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"155\"\u003e📘 \u003cstrong data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"155\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"432\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"186\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"186\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"169\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Christof Koch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"202\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Oxford University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"255\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"255\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"244\"\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"284\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"284\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"269\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"312\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"312\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"295\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780195181999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"331\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"331\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"324\"\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 586\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"356\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"356\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"343\"\u003eCover\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"375\"\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01-10-2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"432\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"432\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"406\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"437\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"464\"\u003e📝 \u003cstrong data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"464\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"973\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"539\"\u003e\"Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"560\"\u003eChristof Koch\u003c\/strong\u003e challenges traditional approaches to neural network research by highlighting the complex, dynamic nature of synapses, dendrites, and voltage-dependent ionic currents. Often, neural network models simplify neurons into linear threshold units, but this book uses detailed experimental and theoretical findings from cellular biophysics to demonstrate the diverse computational functions available to single neurons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1427\"\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, Koch explains how individual nerve cells can perform complex tasks such as \u003cstrong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003emultiplying, integrating\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003edelaying synaptic inputs\u003c\/strong\u003e, and how information is encoded in mechanisms like \u003cstrong data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1250\"\u003emembrane voltage, intracellular calcium concentrations\u003c\/strong\u003e, or the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1290\"\u003etiming of individual spikes\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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