Transient Processes in Cell Proliferation Kinetics (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, 82)

Yakovlev, Andrej Yu.; Yanev, Nikolaj M.

ISBN 10: 3540518312 / ISBN 13: 9783540518310

Published by Springer, 1989

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Inscribed by Nick (Nikolaj M. Yanev) on title page. All edges foxed. A little foxed on front. Bottom right corner of book slightly curled. Spine edges rubbed. Working copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transient Processes in Cell Proliferation Kinetics (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, 82)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540518312
• ISBN 13: 9783540518310
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics & The Sciences

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Synopsis

A mathematician who has taken the romantic decision to devote himself to biology will doubtlessly look upon cell kinetics as the most simple and natural field of application for his knowledge and skills. Indeed, the thesaurus he is to master is not so complicated as, say, in molecular biology, the structural elements of the system, i. e. ceils, have been segregated by Nature itself, simple considerations of balance may be used for deducing basic equations, and numerous analogies in other areas of science also superficial add to one"s confidence. Generally speaking, this number of impression is correct, as evidenced by the very great theoretical studies on population kinetics, unmatched in other branches of mathematical biology. This, however, does not mean that mathematical theory of cell systems has traversed in its development a pathway free of difficulties or errors. The seeming ease of formalizing the phenomena of cell kinetics not infrequently led to the appearance of mathematical models lacking in adequacy or effectiveness from the viewpoint of applications. As in any other domain of science, mathematical theory of cell systems has its own intrinsic logic of development which, however, depends in large measure on the progress in experimental biology. Thus, during a fairly long period running into decades activities in that sphere were centered on devising its own specific approaches necessitated by new objectives in the experimental in vivo and in vitro investigation of cell population kinetics in different tissues.