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Modelling dynamic phenomena in molecular and cellular biology

Modelling dynamic phenomena in molecular and cellular biology 314 BOOK REVIEWS L. A. Segel: Modelling Dynamic Phenomena in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1984, xx+330pp.; $49.50, paperback $12.95. This book should be in the library of everybody teaching mathematics to science students, and used as a teaching aid. Applications to biosciences or economics never fail to have a mathematics class paying attention to the lectures. Besides, reading the book for the sake of learning how much you can do with basic mathematics and ingenuity is great fun, even though I agree with what Segel says repeatedly: "It is not the same thing to follow what somebody else has written as doing (or trying to do) it yourself." As a teaching aid, the material should be assigned in the form of problems and then discussed in class. The book is well organized. Each chapter deals with an interesting biological problem requiring a specific mathematical technique. The material proceeds in increasing degrees of mathematical elaboration. Some of the techniques dealt with are related to quite fashionable trends in science, and very fundamental ideas of analysis are used: the concepts of stability, linearization, probability are applied in the different situations. A list of the headings of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Applicandae Mathematicae Springer Journals

Modelling dynamic phenomena in molecular and cellular biology

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae , Volume 6 (3) – May 3, 2004
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Modelling dynamic phenomena in molecular and cellular biology

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314 BOOK REVIEWS L. A. Segel: Modelling Dynamic Phenomena in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1984, xx+330pp.; $49.50, paperback $12.95. This book should be in the library of everybody teaching mathematics to science students, and used as a teaching aid. Applications to biosciences or economics never fail to have a mathematics class paying attention to the lectures. Besides, reading the book for the sake of learning how much you can do with basic mathematics...
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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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0167-8019
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1572-9036
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10.1007/BF00047164
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314 BOOK REVIEWS L. A. Segel: Modelling Dynamic Phenomena in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1984, xx+330pp.; $49.50, paperback $12.95. This book should be in the library of everybody teaching mathematics to science students, and used as a teaching aid. Applications to biosciences or economics never fail to have a mathematics class paying attention to the lectures. Besides, reading the book for the sake of learning how much you can do with basic mathematics and ingenuity is great fun, even though I agree with what Segel says repeatedly: "It is not the same thing to follow what somebody else has written as doing (or trying to do) it yourself." As a teaching aid, the material should be assigned in the form of problems and then discussed in class. The book is well organized. Each chapter deals with an interesting biological problem requiring a specific mathematical technique. The material proceeds in increasing degrees of mathematical elaboration. Some of the techniques dealt with are related to quite fashionable trends in science, and very fundamental ideas of analysis are used: the concepts of stability, linearization, probability are applied in the different situations. A list of the headings of the

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