Mathematics for the Life Sciences Calculus, Modeling, Probability, and Dynamical Systems /

Mathematics for the Life Sciences �provides �present and future biologists with the mathematical concepts and tools needed to understand and use mathematical models and read advanced mathematical biology books.� It presents mathematics in biological contexts, focusing on the central mathematical ide...

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Main Author: Ledder, Glenn. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7276-6
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