Mathematics for Biological Scientists. (Record no. 260959)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780815341369
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 570.151 AIT-M
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Michael R F Aitken
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mathematics for Biological Scientists.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Garland Science
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 452 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Ch. 1. Quantities and Units -- Ch. 2. Numbers and Equations -- Ch. 3. Tables, Graphs and Functions -- Ch. 4. Shapes, Waves and Trigonometry -- Ch. 5. Differentiation 6. Integration -- Ch. 7. Calculus: Expanding the Toolkit -- Ch. 8. The Calculus of Growth and Decay Processes -- Ch. 9. Descriptive Statistics and Data Display -- Ch. 10. Probability -- Ch. 11. Statistical Inference -- Ch. 12. Biological Modeling -- Presenting Your Work -- End of Chapter Questions -- Answers to End of Chapter Questions -- Appendices: Appendix 1. Summary of the basic operations of arithmetic and algebra -- Appendix 2. Four-figure log table -- Appendix 3. Basic trigonometric functions -- Appendix 4. The standard normal distribution -- Appendix 5. The t distribution -- Appendix 6. The x² distribution.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Covers the mathematics necessary for biology students to understand, interpret and discuss biological questions. This book integrates mathematics and biology with the use of colour illustrations and photographs to provide an informative approach to the subject of mathematics and statistics within biological science.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Biomathematics -- Textbooks. Biomathematics. Mathematics.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bill Broadhurst; S B Hladky
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        Dept. of Biochemistry Dept. of Biochemistry Processing Center 23/12/2020   570.151 AIT-M BCH2941 23/12/2020 23/12/2020 Book
        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 01/09/2015   570.151 AIT-M DCB1544 08/12/2017 19/07/2019 Book