Publisher's Synopsis
Essential for all biology and biomathematics courses, this textbook provides students with a fresh perspective of quantitative techniques in biology in a field where virtually any advance in the life sciences requires a sophisticated mathematical approach. An Invitation to Biomathematics, expertly written by a team of experienced educators, offers students a solid understanding of solving biological problems with mathematical applications. Biological coverage includes: Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Toxicology, Physiology, Endocrinology, and Cell Biology. This textbook also includes a laboratory manual that enables students to truly experience advancements made in biology through mathematical models by containing computer-based hands-on laboratory projects with emphasis on model development, model validation, and model refinement.
* Includes a laboratory manual for hands-on, computer-assisted projects based on material covered in the text
* Provides a complete guide for development of quantification skills crucial for applying mathematical methods to biological problems
* Contains more than 120 well-known examples from across disciplines in the life sciences with modern biomedical research
* Explains how to use data sets or dynamical processes to build mathematical models
* Contains extensive illustrative materials
* Written in clear and easy-to-follow language without assuming a background in math or biology
* Offers students in mathematics an understanding of how their studies are applied to the Life Sciences
