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Chance in Biology : Using Probability to Explore Nature.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Chance in Biology; Title; Copyright; 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.