ABSTRACT

Instant Notes in Mathematics and Statistics for Life Scientists is aimed at undergraduate life science students who need to improve or brush-up their mathematical and statistical skills to a level which will make the quantitative components of most undergraduate biological courses accessible.

part |2 pages

Section A – Using numbers in life sciences

chapter |3 pages

Section B – Measures and units

chapter |4 pages

B2: Units: The Système International

chapter |5 pages

B3: Preparing solutions

chapter |5 pages

C2: Presenting data

chapter |4 pages

D2: Trigonometry

chapter |6 pages

D3: Indices and logarithms

chapter |7 pages

Section E – Using mathematics

chapter |9 pages

E2: Defining biological relationships

chapter |6 pages

F2: Other functions

chapter |11 pages

G3: Methods of integration

chapter |3 pages

G4: Areas under lines

chapter |5 pages

G5: Numerical integration

chapter |11 pages

Section H – Equations

chapter |7 pages

H2: Difference equations

chapter |12 pages

Section I – Using equations

part |2 pages

I2: Heat loss from a body

chapter |8 pages

I3: Chemical kinetics

chapter |5 pages

J2: Experimental design

chapter |6 pages

J3: Tests and testing

chapter |5 pages

K4: Searching in a data pond