Mathematics for Biological Scientists illustrates the relevance of mathematical principles and techniques to biology by introducing each as a solution to a particular biological problem.
Organized into four themes, the book begins by covering the basic concepts of mathematics as they apply to biological quantities, processes and structures. Over the course of the book the basics are expanded upon to build up a toolkit of techniques, and to introduce the second and third themes. The second theme, calculus, extends the language of mathematics to describe change. The third theme is probability and statistics, which show how uncertainty and variation encountered in real biological data are described. The final chapter explores the fourth theme, which is how the ‘tools’ described in the earlier chapters are used to develop models of biological processes.
Mathematics for Biological Scientists will be valuable to all undergraduate students who require mathematics to understand, interpret, and discuss biological questions.
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