Mathematics in medicine and the life sciences /
Frank C. Hoppensteadt and Charles S. Peskin.
- xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Texts in applied mathematics ; 10 .
- Texts in applied mathematics ; 10. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The mathematics of populations: demographics -- Inheritance -- A theory of epidemics -- Biogeography -- The heart and circulation -- Gas exchange in the lungs -- Control of cell volume and the electrical properties of cell membranes -- The renal countercurrent mechanism -- Muscle mechanics -- Biological clocks and mechanisms of neural control.