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

Adler, Frederick R.

ISBN 10: 0534348165 / ISBN 13: 9780534348168

Published by Brooks Cole, 1998

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modeling the Dynamics of Life: Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534348165
• ISBN 13: 9780534348168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Designed to help life sciences students understand the role mathematics has played in breakthroughs in epidemiology, genetics, statistics, physiology, and other biological areas, this text provides students with a thorough grounding in mathematics, the language, and 'the technology of thought' with which these developments are created and controlled.

About the Author

After graduating from Harvard University with a B.A. in Mathematics, Fred Adler received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, where he began his study of mathematical biology. Currently a professor in the departments of mathematics and biology at the University of Utah, he teaches courses in mathematical modeling with a wide range of backgrounds. Prof. Adler's research focuses on mathematical ecology, with emphases in mathematical epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, and community ecology.