Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vol.1, An Introduction

Vol.2, Spatial Models and Biomedical Applications

This third edition of the all-time classic provides a thorough training in practical mathematical biology. The updated classic text has been broadened to accommodate the growth of the mathbiology field. It now features various new models and applications such as: growth of cancer tumours, modelling marital interaction, wolf territoriality, and others. It also shows how new mathematical challenges can arise from a genuinely interdisciplinary involvement with the biosciences. Further, it demonstrates how mathematics can contribute to biology and why physical scientists should play a role. It covers much of the growth of mathematical biology and the diversity of biomedical applications of mathematical modelling.

Índice: From the contents: Continuous Population Models for Single Species. Discrete Population Models for Single Species. Models for Interacting Populations. Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination (TSD) and Survivorship. Modelling the Dynamics of Marital Interaction: Divorce Prediction and Marriage Repair. Reaction Kinetics. Biological Oscillators and Switches. BelousovZhabotinskii Oscillating Reaction. Perturbed and Coupled Oscillators and Black Holes. Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: Epidemic Models and AIDS. Reaction Diffusion, Chemotaxis and Non-local Mechanisms. Oscillator Generated Wave Phenomena and Centr... Etc.