Lab Math: A Handbook of Measurements, Calculations and Other Quantitative Skills for Use at the Bench - Softcover

Adams, Dany Spencer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879696346 ISBN 13: 9780879696344

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Work at the biology bench requires an ever-increasing knowledge of mathematical methods and formulae. In Lab Math, Dany Spencer Adams has compiled the most common mathematical concepts and methods in molecular biology, and provided clear, straightforward guidance on their application to research investigations. Subjects range from basics such as scientific notation and measuring and making solutions, to more complex activities like quantifying and designing nucleic acids and analyzing protein activity. Tips on how to present mathematical data and statistical analysis are included. A reference section features useful tables, conversion charts and ìplug and chugî equations for experimental procedures. This volume is an excellent, structured source of information that in many laboratories is often scattered and informally organized.

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Review

This is a practical text for the lab. It covers the basics about numbers and generic types of measurements, numbers used in chemistry, calibration and the use of lab equipment, methods and short cuts for making solutions, methods used in molecular biology, an introduction to statistics and reports and the communication of numerical data, and reference tables and equations. The book is spiral-bound. PBS Teacher Source This volume is a handy reference for anyone who has kept equations and reagent recipe calculations plastered in strategic locations around their laboratory. Seasoned bench researchers will spend less time coaching collaborators and students stalled over elusive calculation details. Its tone is that of a clear and patient teacher who carefully explains essential mathematical details so almost anyone can understand how and why the calculations are done...Lab Math will certainly save time researchers might otherwise spend explaining how to find reference tables, make measurements, do laboratory calculations, make solutions, work with proteins and nucleotide calculations, or perform basic statistics to undergraduates, graduate students, or visiting fellows. The Quarterly Review of Biology

From the Publisher

This title is part of a series of books, published by Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, aimed at postgraduates and researchers in
the life sciences. The books provide key practical advice and data to make
your life in the lab as easy as possible. The books are:
At the Bench (9780879697082);
At the Helm (9780879695835);
Binding and Kinetics for Molecular Biologists (9780879697365);
Experimental Design for Biologists (9780879697358);
Lab Dynamics (9780879697419);
Lab Math (9780879696344);
Lab Ref (9780879696306);
Lab Ref, Volume 2 (9780879698157)

Edition details

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879696346
• ISBN 13: 9780879696344
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 275