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Calculating the Secrets of Life: Applications of the Mathematical Sciences in Molecular Biology

By Eric S. Lander

Book information

Publisher
Natl Academy Pr
Year
1995
ISBN
0309048869, 9780309048866
LCC
QH438.4.M3 C35 1995
Open Library ID
OL10357300M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5865587 bytes)
Pages
300\300
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

In this first-ever survey of the partnership between mathematics and biology, leading experts look at how mathematical research and methods have made possible important discoveries in biology. Explores how differential geometry, topology, and differential mechanics have allowed researchers to "wind" and "unwind" DNA's double helix to understand the phenomenon of supercoiling. Explains how mathematical tools are revealing the workings of enzymes and proteins. Describes how mathematicians are detecting echoes from the origin of life by applying the stochastic and statictical theory to the study of DNA sequences.

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