Mathematics of life
By: Ian Stewart
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780465022380; 9780465024407
Subjects: Biology; Popular works; Biomathematics
Description: Presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world, and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems such as the origin of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mathematics and biology; title: Creatures small and smaller; title: Long list of life; title: Florally finding Fibonacci; title: The origin of species; title: In a monastery garden; title: The molecule of life; title: The book of life; title: Taxonomist, taxonomist, spare that tree; title: Virus from the Fourth Dimension; title: Hidden wiring; title: Knots and folds; title: Spots and stripes; title: Lizard games; title: Networking opportunities; title: The paradox of the plankton; title: What is life?; title: Is anybody out there?; title: The Sixth Revolution.