D.L. Solomon, C. Walter,Editors, ,Mathematical Models in Biological Discovery Lecture Notes in Biomathematics No. 13 (1977) Springer-Verlag.

✍ Scribed by Robert Rosen

• Book ID: 104272253
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 207 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-9602
• DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8240(78)80015-9

✦ Synopsis

The first thing which strikes the reader's eye on opening this volume is the following remarkable outburst :

When I was asked to help organize an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium about how mathematical models have contributed to biology, I agreed immediately. The subject is of immense importance and wide-spread interest. However, too often it is discussed in biologically sterile environments by "mutual admiration society" groups of "theoreticians", many of whom have never seen, and most of whom have never done, an original scientific experiment with the biological materials they attempt to describe in abstract (and often prejudiced) terms. The opportunity to address the topic during an annual meeting of the AAAS was irresistible. In order to try to maintain the integrity of the original intent of the symposium, it was entitled, "Contributions of Mathematical Models to Biological Discovery".