The Biology of Numbers: The Correspondence of Vito Volterra on Mathematical Biology

by Giorgio Israel and Ana M. Gasca

Book Overview

Foreword The modern developments in mathematical biology took place roughly between 1920 and 1940, a period now referred to as the "Golden Age of Theoretical Biology". The eminent Italian mathematician Vito Volterra played a decisive and widely acknowledged role in these developments. Volterra's interest in the application of mathematics to the non physical sciences, and to biology and economics in particular, dates back to the turn of the century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764365145
• ISBN13: 9783764365141
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"