Mathematical Biology: I. An Introduction (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, 17)

This book is a classic. I basically skimmed through this (partly a reflection of a current dificulty with focus and concentration). This book covers a large number of areas: simple population models, sex determination in crocodiles, mathematical models of marriage, biological oscillators, diffusion and chemotaxis, wave phenomena in biological systems and finally a brief discussion of fractals in biology (uses and misuses).There is a systematic exploration of these various models and the important insights from linearization, perturbation methods for stability analysis was repeatedly illustrated. The graphics with comparisons to experimental data were well chosen and demonstrated.The book highlighted to me deeo deficits in my knowledge and forms motivation for reducing my ignorance. I am looking forward to the Second Volume which explores spatial patterns and excitable media.

This book is an excellent reference in the field. In fact, this book introduces almost sub-disciplinaries in the Mathematical Biology. Nevertheless, this book is not an introduction for beginners. Moveover, the mathematical analysis, the ordinary differential equation, the nonlinear nondynamics and chaos should be mastered before reading this excellent textbook.

So useful for theoretician biologists ! No need to say more !

This is the bible, folks

Nice book, in great condition and it got in the right place at the right time.

This book is the first of two volumes by the author on the topic and is an important addition to a series of Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics volumes by the publisher. A comprehensive and interesting overview of mathematical approaches in modelling bioscience and biomedical phenomena. Topics including; kinetics, diffusion, nonlinear dynamics, feedback and control theory are covered. The material is significant and relevant to interdisciplinary physical scientists, engineers or mathematicians who are involved in the biomedical sciences. Each chapter reviews practical modelling strategies and includes exercises.

A few decades ago mathematical biology consisted mostly of evolutionary and predator-prey models. This has changed dramatically in recent years with the advent of computational biology and gene sequencing projects. The applications of mathematics to biology are now exploding and this book is an excellent example of that. The book could best be described as the application of nonlinear dynamical systems and reaction-diffusion partial differential equations to biology structures and processes. Readers with background in these areas of mathematics will find their ideas applied beautifully in this book. The best sections of the book for me were the discussions of synchronized insect emergence, models of testosterone secretion control, insect dispersal models, calcium waves on amphibian eggs, mammalian coat patterns, models of hallucination patterns in the brain, and modeling the transmission dynamics of HIV. Numerous exercises end each chapter, and the mathematical algorithms can easily be coded in Mathematica or some other high level language. This is a fine addition to the literature on mathematical biology and for the price it is a real bargain.

This product was in fabulous condition and was shipped quickly--I recommend the company to all.

As advertised, quick delivery

Correcto en general. Buen estado, aunque la calidad de la impresión no es la óptima.