Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better; biology is mathematics' next physics, only better

PLoS Biol. 2004 Dec;2(12):e439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020439.

Abstract

Joel Cohen offers a historical and prospective analysis of the relationship between mathematics and biology

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biology / methods
  • Biology / trends*
  • Biophysics / methods
  • Biophysics / trends*
  • Computational Biology / methods
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Mathematics*
  • Microscopy
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Neoplasms / metabolism