{"product_id":"mathematics-for-the-life-sciences-9780691150727","title":"Mathematics for the Life Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible undergraduate textbook on the essential math concepts used in the life sciences\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe life sciences deal with a vast array of problems at different spatial, temporal, and organizational scales. The mathematics necessary to describe, model, and analyze these problems is similarly diverse, incorporating quantitative techniques that are rarely taught in standard undergraduate courses. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to these critical mathematical concepts, linking them to biological observation and theory while also presenting the computational tools needed to address problems not readily investigated using mathematics alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProven in the classroom and requiring only a background in high school math, \u003ci\u003eMathematics for the Life Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e doesn't just focus on calculus as do most other textbooks on the subject. It covers deterministic methods and those that incorporate uncertainty, problems in discrete and continuous time, probability, graphing and data analysis, matrix modeling, difference equations, differential equations, and much more. The book uses MATLAB throughout, explaining how to use it, write code, and connect models to data in examples chosen from across the life sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides undergraduate life science students with a succinct overview of major mathematical concepts that are essential for modern biology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers all the major quantitative concepts that national reports have identified as the ideal components of an entry-level course for life science students\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides good background for the MCAT, which now includes data-based and statistical reasoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplicitly links data and math modeling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes end-of-chapter homework problems, end-of-unit student projects, and select answers to homework problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses MATLAB throughout, and MATLAB m-files with an R supplement are available online\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrepares students to read with comprehension the growing quantitative literature across the life sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA solutions manual for professors and an illustration package is available\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin N. Bodine\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of mathematics at Rhodes College. \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Lenhart\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor's Professor of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee. \u003cb\u003eLouis J. Gross\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics at the University of Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872753848594,"sku":"9780691150727","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8be9a27-bf6d-492b-8c6f-d8d8a4797cd9.jpg?v=1737908613","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mathematics-for-the-life-sciences-9780691150727","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}