Chance in Biology : : Using Probability to Explore Nature /

Chance in Biology : : Using Probability to Explore Nature / / Steven Gaines, Mark Denny.

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Life is a chancy proposition: from the movement of molecules to the age at which we die, chance plays a key role in the natural world. Traditionally, biologists have viewed the inevitable "noise" of life as an unfortunate complication. The authors of this book, however, treat random proces...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Denny, Mark,
Gaines, Steven,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2000
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 4 halftones, 81 line illus., 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Nature of Chance
  • 2. Rules of Disorder
  • 3. Discrete Patterns of Disorder
  • 4. Continuous Patterns of Disorder
  • 5. Random Walks
  • 6. More Random Walks
  • 7. The Statistics of Extremes
  • 8. Noise and Perception
  • 9. The Answers
  • Symbol Index
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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