Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences

Edelstein-Keshet, Leah

dc.contributor.author	Edelstein-Keshet, Leah
dc.contributor.other	University of British Columbia
dc.creator	Edelstein-Keshet, Leah
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-26T20:57:07Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-26T20:57:07Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier	d973d3e4-b98a-4d24-975a-cb3abba62f22
dc.identifier.uri	https://openlibrary-repo.ecampusontario.ca/jspui/handle/123456789/336
dc.description.tableofcontents	1. Power functions as building blocks
dc.description.tableofcontents	2. Average rates of change, average velocity and the secant line
dc.description.tableofcontents	3. Three faces of the derivative: geometric, analytic, and computational
dc.description.tableofcontents	4. Differentiation rules, simple antiderivatives and applications
dc.description.tableofcontents	5. Tangent lines, linear approximation, and Newton�s method
dc.description.tableofcontents	6. Sketching the graph of a function using calculus tools
dc.description.tableofcontents	7. Optimization
dc.description.tableofcontents	8. Introducing the chain rule
dc.description.tableofcontents	9. Chain rule applied to related rates and implicit differentiation
dc.description.tableofcontents	10. Exponential functions
dc.description.tableofcontents	11. Differential equations for exponential growth and decay
dc.description.tableofcontents	12. Solving differential equations
dc.description.tableofcontents	13. Qualitative methods for differential equations
dc.description.tableofcontents	14. Periodic and trigonometric functions
dc.description.tableofcontents	15. Cycles, periods, and rates of change
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-SA \| https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	en_US
dc.subject	Differential Calculus
dc.subject	Life Sciences
dc.title	Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences	en_US
dc.type	Book
dcterms.accessRights	Open Access
dcterms.educationLevel	University - Undergraduate
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dc.description.abstract	Calculus arose as a tool for solving practical scientific problems through the centuries. However, it is often taught as a technical subject with rules and formulas (and occasionally theorems), devoid of its connection to applications. In this textbook, the applications form an important focal point, with emphasis on life sciences. This places the techniques and concepts into practical context, as well as motivating quantitative approaches to biology taught to undergraduates. While many of the examples have a biological flavour, the level of biology needed to understand those examples is kept at a minimum. The problems are motivated with enough detail to follow the assumptions, but are simplified for the purpose of pedagogy.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.	en_US
dc.subject.other	Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
dc.subject.other	Sciences - Biology
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