Math and bio 2010
Subtitle: linking undergraduate disciplines
By: edited by Lynn Arthur Steen.
Contributors: Steen, Lynn Arthur, 1941-
Publisher: Mathematical Assoc. of America
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Biomathematics.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Other titles: Math & bio 2010
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Math and bio 2010 grew out of 'Meeting the Challenges: Education across the Biological, Mathematical and Computer Sciences,' a joint project of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (NSF DUE), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)."--Foreword, p. vii.
Table of contents: title: Challenges, connections, complexities : educating for collaboration / John Jungck; title: The 'gift' of mathematics in the era of biology / Lynn Arthur Steen; title: A quantitative approach to the biology curriculum : issues to consider / Robert Yuan; title: Visualization techniques in the new biology / Maria E. Alvarez; title: Building the Renaissance team / Carol A. Brewer, Daniel Maki; title: Bioinformatics and genomics / Julius H. Jackson; title: Adapting mathematics to the new biology / Leah Edelstein-Keshet; title: Computer science and bioinformatics / Paul Tymann ... [et al.]; title: Building connections in research universities / Wendy Katkin, Gayle Reznik; title: Quantitative initiatives in college biology / Debra Hydorn, Stokes Baker, Jeffe Boats; title: Bibliography of books for mathematical biology, bioinformatics & biostatistics; title: Appendix 1 : Research and education in mathematics and biology; title: Appendix 2 : Web resources for bioinformatics, computational science, mathematical biology, and scientific visualization; title: Appendix 3 : Comap modules.