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Mathematics in medicine and the life sciences / Frank C. Hoppensteadt and Charles S. Peskin.

By: Hoppensteadt, Frank C. (Frank Charles), 1938- [author.].
Contributor(s): Peskin, Charles S [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Texts in applied mathematics: 10.Publisher: New York : Springer Verlag, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Description: xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0387976396 (hardback); 9780387976396 (hardback); 3540976396 .Subject(s): Biomathematics | Population biology -- Mathematics | Physiology -- Mathematics | Biology -- Methods | Mathematics | Biological modelsDDC classification: 570.151
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 570.151 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00069963
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A textbook for a course in mathematical modeling and analysis in population biology and physiology, for pre-medical students with at least one semester of calculus. (c) by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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.

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CHOICE Review

A truly interdisciplinary book illustrating the use of mathematics to construct and analyze models in the life sciences and medicine. The first four chapters deal with the mathematics of populations, with examples of models of population growth under various conditions, of inheritance, of the development of epidemics, and of the spatial distribution of organisms. The remainder of the book concentrates on models of distinct physiological systems. Included are models of the heart and blood circulatory system, the gas exchange in the lungs, the control of cell volumes via electrical and osmotic effects, the function of the kidneys, and muscle mechanics. The emphasis throughout is on modeling techniques and on using mathematical models to help make predictions and to aid in understanding observations. The authors assume a knowledge of calculus, elementary differential equations, and some matrix theory. There are a large number of exercises with solutions. This book has a place in every good undergraduate mathematics-statistics library. F. Giesbrecht; North Carolina State University

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