Calculating the Secrets of Life: Applications of the Mathematical Sciences in Molecular Biology - Hardcover

Lander, Eric S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309048869 ISBN 13: 9780309048866

Publisher: Natl Academy Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Examining how mathematical research and methods can contribute to important discoveries in biology, this National Research Council report 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. It explores how mathematical tools are illuminating the workings of enzymes and proteins, and describes how mathematicians are researching the origin, structure, and function of life by applying stochastic and statistical theory to the study of DNA sequences. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

Examining how mathematical research and methods can contribute to important discoveries in biology, this National Research Council report 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. It explores how mathematic

About the Author

Eric S. Lander and Michael S. Waterman, Editors; Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in Genome and Protein Structure Research, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309048869
• ISBN 13: 9780309048866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Waterman Michael S.