Mathematics for Biological Scientists.

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 bi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael R F Aitken
Other Authors: Bill Broadhurst; S B Hladky
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York Garland Science 2010
Subjects:
Biomathematics > Textbooks. Biomathematics. Mathematics.
Table of 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.

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