Mathematical Biology An Introduction with Maple and Matlab [Paperback]

This text presents mathematical biology as a field with a unity of its own, rather than only the intrusion of one science into another. The book focuses on problems of contemporary interest, such as cancer, genetics, and the rapidly growing field of genomics.

Cells, Signals, Growth, and Populations.- Reproduction and the Drive for Survival.- Interactions Between Organisms and Their Environment.- Age-Dependent Population Structures.- Random Movements in Space and Time.- Neurophysiology.- The Biochemistry of Cells.- Biology, Mathematics, and a Mathematical Biology Laboratory.- Systems and Diseases.- The Biological Disposition of Drugs and Inorganic Toxins.- A Biomathematical Approach to HIV and AIDS.- Parasites and Their Diseases.- Cancer: A Disease of the DNA.- Some Mathematical Tools.- Genomics.- Genetics.- Genomics.- Phylogenetics.

From the reviews of the second edition:

This is a well conceived introduction into some of the most important fields of biomathematics. It aims mainly at undergraduates in mathematics but will be suitable for students who have passed a one-year course of calculus and some linear algebra. & Each chapter starts with a biological motivation and an introduction of the basic biology required. (R. B?rger, Monatshefte f?r Mathematik, Vol. 169 (2), February, 2013)

This text presents mathematical biology as a field with a unity of its own, rather than only the intrusion of one science into another. It updates an earlier successful edition and greatly expands the concept of the computer biology laboratory, giving students a general perspective of the field before proceeding to more specialized topics. The book focuses on problems of contemporary interest, such as cancer, genetics, and the rapidly growing field of genomics. It includes new chapters on parasites, cancer, and phylogenetics, along with an introduction to online resources for DNA, protein lookups, and popular patl3R