Calculus With Applications for the Life Sciences was written for the one- or two-semester applied calculus course for life science students with a focus on incorporating interesting, relevant, and realistic applications. This text includes many citations from current data sources. It also offers many opportunities for use of technology, allowing for increased visualization and a better understanding of difficult concepts.
Calculus for the Life Sciences features interesting, relevant applications that motivate students and highlight the utility of mathematics for the life sciences. This edition also features new ways to engage...
The two main goals of the text are to provide students with a thorough grounding in calculus concepts and applications, analytical techniques, and numerical methods and to have students understand how, when, and why calculus can be used to ...
Susan E. Johnston, Jacob Gratten, Camillo Berenos, Jill G. Pilkington, Tim H. Clutton-Brock, Josephine M. Pemberton, “Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation,” Nature 502 (2013) 93–95.
1 i Example 8 I a Sound Intensity The level of sound L (in decibels) with an intensity of I (in watts per square meter) is given by I L I 10 log10 I— 0 where IO represents the faintest sound that can be heard by the human ear, ...
Based on the best-selling Calculus and Its Applications by Marv Bittinger, this new text is appropriate for a two-semester calculus course for life science majors.
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This accessible...
Designed for economics, business, or social or behavioral science majors in a one- or two-term course, Brief Calculus for the Business, Social, and Life Sciences presents mathematics in a clear...
D. Hughes-Hallett, W. G. McCallum, A. M. Gleason, D. Mumford, D. E. Flath, B. G. Osgood, P. Frazer Lock, D. Quinney, D. O. Lomen, K. Rhea, D. Lovelock, J. Tecosky-Feldman. Calculus: Single and Multivariable. Wiley, 4th ed., 2005.
The biological content of the book is self-contained and includes many basic biology topics such as the genetic code, Mendelian genetics, population dynamics, predator-prey relationships, epidemiology, and immunology.
Written for a wide spectrum of undergraduate students by an experienced author, this book provides a very practical approach to advanced calculus—starting from the basics and leading up to the theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes.