Modeling the Dynamics of Life: Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists

By: Frederick R. Adler

ISBN-13: 9780840064189
ISBN-10: 0840064187
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Published date: 2012-01-01
Designed to help life sciences students understand the role mathematics has played in breakthroughs in epidemiology, genetics, statistics, physiology, and other biological areas, MODELING THE DYNAMCICS OF LIFE: CALCULUS AND PROBABILTY FOR LIFE SCIENTISTS, Third Edition, provides students with a thorough grounding in mathematics, the language, and ‘the technology of thought’ with which these developments are created and controlled. The text teaches the skills of describing a system, translating appropriate aspects into equations, and interpreting the results in terms of the original problem. The text helps unify biology by identifying dynamical principles that underlie a great diversity of biological processes. Standard topics from calculus courses are covered, with particular emphasis on those areas connected with modeling such as discrete-time dynamical systems, differential equations, and probability and statistics. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.