If you are about to study for a degree in the life or medical sciences, you will need some core maths skills. You do not need to be a budding mathematician but you do need to be comfortable handling numbers. It?s hard to believe, but the maths and stats in this book is all presented i a really user-friendly manner to speed your understanding. In addition, the authors provide you with numerous examples to show you the relevance and application of maths and stats to your course. The book also contains lots of questions (and answers), so that you can test your understanding at any time - it really does get easier with practice. Contents : How to use this book ? Handling numbers ? Working with fractions ? Percentages ? Powers ? Approximation and errors ? Introduction to graphs ? The gradient of a graph ? Algebra ? Polynomials ? Algebraic equations ? Quadratic equations ? Simultaneous equations ? Sequences and series of numbers ? Working with powers ? Logarithms ? Exponential growth and decay ? Circles and spheres ? Differential calculus ? Integral calculus ? Using and recognising graphs ? Sl units ? Moles ? pH ? Buffers ? Kinetics ? The language of statistics ? Describing data: measuring averages ? Standard deviation ? Checking for a normal distribution ? Degrees of freedom ? How to use statistics to make comparisons ? The standard error of the mean ? Confidence intervals ? Probability ? Significance and P values ? Tests of significance ? t tests ? Analysis of variance ? The chi-squared test ? Correlation ? Regression ?