
Drawing on a very successful one-semester course at Harvard, this text aims to teach students in the life sciences how to use differential equations. Aimed at biologists wishing to understand mathematical modelling rather than just learning math methods.. Given that a college level life science student will take only one additional calculus course after learning its very basics, what material s
- Title : Modeling Differential Equations in Biology
- Author : Clifford Henry Taubes
- Rating : 4.81 (311 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-2-7
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 526 Pages
- Asin : 0521708435
- Language : English
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