John Milton, Professor of Biology and William R. Kenan Jr Chair n Computational Neuroscience, The Claremont Colleges; Adjunct Professor of Biotechnology, Keck Graduate Institute Toru Ohira, Professor Mathematics, Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University, Japan

"This book, written in an engaging and intuitive style, is aimed at undergraduate biology students; its primary goal is to provide a clear, comprehensive overview of the appropriate mathematical instruments for data collection and analysis, both deterministic and stochastic. ... the book also has the stated goal of contributing to a better shaping of the curricula for undergraduate biology education towards a better coverage of analytic, mathematical and computational methods." (Paul Georgescu, zbMATH 1319.92001, 2015)

• Science and the mathematics of black boxes.- The mathematics of change.- Equilibria and steady states.- Stability.- Fixed–points: Creation and destruction.- Transient dynamics.- Frequency domain I: Bode plots and transfer functions.- Frequency domain II: Fourier analysis and power spectra.- Feedback and control systems.- Oscillations.- Beyond limit cycles.- Random perturbations.- Noisy dynamical systems.- Random walkers.- Thermodynamic perspectives.