A Top 25 CHOICE 2016 Title & recipient of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) Award How much energy is released in ATP hydrolysis? How many m RNAs are in a cell? How genetically similar are two random people? What is faster transcription or translation? Cell Biology by the Numbers explores these questions-and dozens of others-providing a richly illustrated & handy reference for students & researchers in molecular & cell biology chemistry & biophysics The book features question-driven vignettes & back of the envelope calculations that investigate some of the key numbers in cell biology Readers will learn about the sizes concentrations rates energies & other numbers that describe & drive the living world