Modeling the Dynamics of Life Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists

"The central goal of this book is simple: to teach biology majors the mathematical ideas I use every day in my own research and in collaboration with my more empirical colleagues. These ideas are not specific techniques such as differentiation, but concepts of modeling. The skills include describing a system, translating appropriate aspects into equations, and interpreting the results in terms of the original problem. In this process, the science is central and solving the equations is less important."--Preface.