Abstract
By M. Denny and S. Gaines Princeton University Press (2002) pp. 424. ISBN 0-691-09494-2 (pbk) £ 19.95 / $29.95. ![Figure][1] As a teacher of introductory biology, I try very hard to instill in my students the fact that quantitative reasoning is an integral tool
Highlights
If any, books meet these criteria, Chance in Biology, by Mark Denny and Steven Gaines, is a strong contender on at least two fronts, and while it may be too sophisticated for first-year college students without much experience in biology or mathematics it can serve admirably in various contexts for more advanced undergraduates, graduate students and faculty alike
As befits a book exploring the uses of probability theory for understanding biology, the brief opening chapter sets the stage by highlighting various roles that chance and disorder play in living systems
As Denny and Gaines point out, this family of distributions is a centerpiece for biostatistics because so many of the variables studied by biologists are at least approximately normally distributed
Summary
As befits a book exploring the uses of probability theory for understanding biology, the brief opening chapter sets the stage by highlighting various roles that chance and disorder play in living systems. The lesson learned is that random processes are ubiquitous in life, and that a deeper understanding of stochasticity itself can lead to predictive models and experiments that elucidate biological phenomena.
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