ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY

Ref. 4498

Autor: Lotka, Alfred J.

Idioma: English

Editorial: Dover (New York)

1956

13,50x20 cm.

465 páginas. Cubiertas en rústica. Firma. Huellas de uso. Buen estado.

Formerly published as Elements of Physical Biology, this classic is the first major attempt to apply modern mathematics to the problems of phylogeny, ontology, ecology, physiology, endocrinology, psychology, and other branches of biology. A seminal work in its field, it has had enormous influence, notably on the work of Norbert Wiener and N. Rashevsky, and it is still of great interest to social and physical scientists, engineers and mathematicians who must apply mathematical concepts to their studies.
The book falls into four section: evolution (statistical meaning of irreversibility, evolution as redistribution, etc.); kinetics (fundamental equations of kinetics of evolving systems, general and special cases, analysis of the growth function); statics (general principles of equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, interspecies equilibrium, circulation of the elements, the carbon dioxide and transformers, relation of the transformation to available sources, correlating apparatus, energy relations of consciiusness, etc.).
Corrected reprint of Elements of Physical Biology. Indices. Bibliography. 36 tables. 72 figures.