Ideal for courses on differential equations with applications to mathematical biology or as an introduction to mathematical biology, this bestselling text introduces the fundamental modeling and analytical techniques used to understand biological phenomena. It discusses the modeling of biological behavior, including biochemical reactions, nerve pulses, predator-prey models, and epidemics. This edition includes a section on spiral waves, developments in tumor biology, and additional examples and exercises. With downloadable MATLAB files available online, it presents numerical solutions of differential equations and numerical bifurcation analysis.

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D.S. Jones, FRS, FRSE is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Dundee in Scotland.

M.J. Plank is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

B.D. Sleeman, FRSE is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leeds in the UK.