Mathematics Recovered for the Natural and Medical Sciences

Abstract

Did you learn the quadratic formula in high school but now can't remember it? Have you forgotten whether the secant is the inverse of the sine or cosine? Is it impossible to recollect how many combinations there are of six things taken two at a time? Well, if all you remember about making an eight the hard way is that it pays off big in Vegas, then Britisher Dennis Rosen's paperback may be just the solution to recover that pair of dice lost. Rosen, an instructor in biophysics at Birbeck College, University of London, is interested in helping fellow scientists who can separate a grasshopper from a mantis, but not a characteristic from a mantissa. While this digest is most useful as a quick reference text for those who have chosen a biomedical career, each section includes examples and exercises for students as well. The 15 chapters begin simply enough