Computing for Biologists - Python Programming and Principles

Teaches life science students how to use Python programming and computational problem-solving in the context of compelling biological applications.

About the author

Ran Libeskind-Hadas is the R. Michael Shanahan Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College, USA, working in the areas of algorithms and computational biology. He is a recipient of both the Iris and Howard Critchell Professorship and the Joseph B. Platt Professorship for teaching, as well as the Distinguished Alumni Educator Award from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science.Eliot Bush is Associate Professor of Biology at Harvey Mudd College, USA. His main research interest is the study of evolution. Among other things he has modeled the evolution of metabolism, characterized DNA methylation patterns in insects, developed algorithms for studying substitution bias in DNA, and analyzed a 30-million-year-old primate fossil. His teaching interests focus on incorporating computers and programming assignments into biology coursework.

Product details

• Authors: Eliot Bush, Eliot (Harvey Mudd College Bush, Bush Eliot, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Ran (Harvey Mudd College Libeskind-Hadas, Ran Bush Libeskind-Hadas, Libeskind-Hadas Ran
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2014
• EAN: 9781107042827
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04282-7
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Science: general issues, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, computer science, Biology, life sciences, Life sciences: general issues, Mathematics & science