| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Chance in Biology; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Nature of Chance; 2 Rules of Disorder; 3 Discrete Patterns of Disorder; 4 Continuous Patterns of Disorder; 5 Random Walks; 6 More Random Walks; 7 The Statistics of Extremes; 8 Noise and Perception; 9 The Answers; Symbol Index; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Life is a chancy proposition: from the movement of molecules to the age at which we die, chance plays a key role in the natural world. Traditionally, biologists have viewed the inevitable "noise" of life as an unfortunate complication. The authors of this book, however, treat random processes as a benefit. In this introduction to chance in biology, Mark Denny and Steven Gaines help readers to apply the probability theory needed to make sense of chance events--using examples from ocean waves to spiderwebs, in fields ranging from molecular mechanics to evolution. Through the application of probab |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biomathematics.
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Probabilities.
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Stochastic analysis.
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probability.
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Biomathematics
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Probabilities
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Stochastic analysis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaines, Steven
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| ISBN |
9781400841400 |
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1400841402 |
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