<p>Any organism, to survive, must use a variety of defense mechanisms. A relatively recent evolutionary development is that of the adaptive immune system, carried to a quite sophisticated level by mammals. The complexity of this system calls for its encapsulation by mathematical models, and this book aims at the associated description and analysis. In the process, it introduces tools that should be in the armory of any current or aspiring applied mathematician, in the context of, arguably, the most effective system nature has devised to protect an organism from its manifold invisible enemies. Titles in this series are co-published with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.</p>

Mathematical Methods in Immunology (Courant Lecture Notes) (Courant Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

Science & Math

Jerome K. Percus

Mathematics

American Mathematical Society

The path from relatively unstructured egg to full organism is one of the most fascinating trajectories in the biological sciences. Its complexity calls for a very high level of organization, with an array of subprocesses in constant communication with each other. These notes introduce an interleaved set of mathematical models representative of research in the last few decades, as well as the techniques that have been developed for their solution. Such models offer an effective way of incorporating reliable data in a concise form, provide an approach complementary to the techniques of molecular biology, and help to inform and direct future research.

Mathematical Models in Developmental Biology (Courant Lecture Notes)

Stephen Childress

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Mathematical Methods in Immunology (Courant Lecture Notes) (Courant Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

Mathematical Models in Developmental Biology (Courant Lecture Notes)