Biology by Numbers: An Encouragement to Quantitative Thinking

by Richard F. Burton

Book Overview

Biologists are notoriously reticent about using mathematics. This textbook is both an introduction to quantitative biology and a guide for the number-shy. Richard Burton fosters a sense of the fundamental importance and usefulness of mathematical principles in biology, with a fascinating range of examples. The book is geared towards the non-mathematician, and covers the basics as well as various more advanced topics from many diverse biological disciplines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521576989
• ISBN13: 9780521576987
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"