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Progress into the Past: The Rediscovery of Mycenaean Civilization (A Midland Book)

By Carol G. Thomas , William A. McDonald

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0253205530, 9780253205537, 0253336279
LCC
DF220.5 .M37 1990
Open Library ID
OL2218321M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
241 MB (252476757 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
279\279
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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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