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Mathematical models in molecular and cellular biology

Mathematical models in molecular and cellular biology Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 4 (1985) 267 Book Reviews L. A. Segel (ed.), Mathematical Models in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980, ix + 757 pp., $110.00, paperback $29.95. This book stems from a course on 'mathematical models in biology' that was given in the spring of 1978 at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The purpose of this course (and of the book) was to demonstrate the use of mathematical models to experimental biologists. It can be seen as a survey of the present state of art in mathematical biology for a community of biologists with a restricted knowledge of the theory of differential equations. In order to produce such a book, a considerable amount of editorial work has to be done. Presumably, it also increases with the number of contributors involved. In the present book, expository introductions in 'elementary' mathematical topics take a key role in conveying the use of mathematical models. They have to be readable for the non-mathematician without masking the fundamentals of the mathematical theory. This aspect has been given much attention. Appendix 3 on the qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations (G. M. Odell) is an excellent example of a realization of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Applicandae Mathematicae Springer Journals

Mathematical models in molecular and cellular biology

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae , Volume 4 (3) – May 6, 2004
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Mathematics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Applications of Mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
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Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 4 (1985) 267 Book Reviews L. A. Segel (ed.), Mathematical Models in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980, ix + 757 pp., $110.00, paperback $29.95. This book stems from a course on 'mathematical models in biology' that was given in the spring of 1978 at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The purpose of this course (and of the book) was to demonstrate the use of mathematical models to experimental biologists. It can be seen as a survey of the present state of art in mathematical biology for a community of biologists with a restricted knowledge of the theory of differential equations. In order to produce such a book, a considerable amount of editorial work has to be done. Presumably, it also increases with the number of contributors involved. In the present book, expository introductions in 'elementary' mathematical topics take a key role in conveying the use of mathematical models. They have to be readable for the non-mathematician without masking the fundamentals of the mathematical theory. This aspect has been given much attention. Appendix 3 on the qualitative theory of ordinary differential equations (G. M. Odell) is an excellent example of a realization of

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