Modeling the Dynamics of Life: Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists (with iLrn™ Testing) (Available Titles CengageNOW)

By Frederick R. Adler

Book Overview

Designed to help life sciences students understand the role mathematics has played in breakthroughs in epidemiology, genetics, statistics, physiology, and other biological areas, this text provides... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534404863
• ISBN13: 9780534404864
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Length: 875 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 1.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Good presentation of subject matter but full of typos

I am reading this book on my own and have found it to be very helpful. I really like how it begins with a discussion of time dynamical systems. I think that concept is a helpful precursor to the continuous models of biological systems using calculus. This book has been very helpful for my graduate courses in biology. My only complaint is that the book is full of typos, not just a few, like all over the place. This book really needs some proof reading.

Great Introduction to Mathematics for Biologists

I bought this book as a "do it yourself" introduction to mathematics (for a biologist). It is quite rare to find a textbook as easy and enjoyable to follow as Frederick Adler's book. The text starts with very little assumed knowledge of mathematics and works through the basics of calculus using interesting examples taken from biology. The exercises at the end of each chapter are straightforward and easy to follow (my only complaint about the book is that they only provide solutions to every second question, so working alone it is hard to check your results). It is rare to find a text (especially in maths) that you can truly work through on your own. I recommend it for any Biologist wishing an intorduction to or to expand the knowledge of the growing field of Mathematical Biology.