Computing for Biologists: Python Programming and Principles

by Ran Libeskind-Hadas and Eliot Bush

Book Overview

Computing is revolutionizing the practice of biology. This book, which assumes no prior computing experience, provides students with the tools to write their own Python programs and to understand fundamental concepts in computational biology and bioinformatics. Each major part of the book begins with a compelling biological question, followed by the algorithmic ideas and programming tools necessary to explore it: the origins of pathogenicity are examined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107642183
• ISBN13: 9781107642188
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"