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Mathematics for Biological Scientists.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Garland Science 2010Description: xix, 452 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780815341369
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.151 AIT-M
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book Book Dept. of Biochemistry Processing Center Dept. of Biochemistry 570.151 AIT-M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BCH2941
Book Book Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 570.151 AIT-M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DCB1544

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.

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.

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