Applying maths in the chemical and biomolecular sciences : an example-based approach / Godfrey Beddard.

By:

Beddard, G. S. (Godfrey S.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xvii, 786 p. : ill. ; 30 cmISBN:

0199230919 (pbk.)
9780199230914 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.54 BED

Summary: This title uses an extensive array of examples to demonstrate how mathematics is applied to probe and understand chemical and biological systems. It also embeds the use of software, showing how the application of maths and use of software now go hand-in-hand.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	510.54 BED (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100460790

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Applying Maths in the Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences uses an extensive array of examples to demonstrate how mathematics can be applied to chemical and biological systems. Integrating computer software to solve mathematical problems, the text addresses such issues as how vectors help us work out the conformation of DNA or proteins, how matrices help us tackle problems in quantum mechanics, and what differential equations have to do with molecular dynamics and the spread of disease.

An accompanying Online Resource Centre features additional resources for both lecturers and students, enhancing the value of the text as a teaching and learning tool. For lecturers, the website offers figures from the text in electronic format, solutions to half of the problems presented in the book, and a guide tailoring the book for users of Mathematica.

Suitable for both undergraduate and graduates, Applying Maths in the Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences is appropriate for mathematics classes that make applications to chemistry, biochemistry, and biophysical chemistry.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 777-780) and index.

This title uses an extensive array of examples to demonstrate how mathematics is applied to probe and understand chemical and biological systems. It also embeds the use of software, showing how the application of maths and use of software now go hand-in-hand.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 Numbers, Basic Functions, and Algorithms
2 Complex Numbers
3 Differentiation
4 Integration
5 Vectors
6 Matrices and Determinants
7 Matrices in Quantum Mechanics
8 Summations, Series, and Expansion of Functions
9 Fourier Series and Transforms
10 Differential Equations
11 Numerical Methods
12 Monte-carlo Methods
13 Statistics and Data Analysis

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Godfrey Beddard is Professor of Chemical Physics in the School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, where his research interests encompass femtosecond spectroscopy, electron and energy transfer, and protein folding and unfolding.