Overview
Inspired by the authors' popular and well-received lecture series developed for junior neuroscientists with scientific backgrounds ranging from psychology to linguistics
Explains and reviews key mathematics in an accessible way for a broad scientific audience
Each chapter is enhanced by illustrations, graphs and real-world and scientific examples
The paperback format, low price and accessible, contemporary tone give this book a significant competitive edge in its market space
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book reviews math topics relevant to non-mathematics students and scientists, but which they may not have seen or studied for a while. These math issues can range from reading mathematical symbols, to using complex numbers, dealing with equations involved in calculating medication equivalents, the General Linear Model (GLM) used in e.g. neuroimaging analysis, finding the minimum of a function, independent component analysis, or filtering approaches. Almost every student or scientist, will at some point run into mathematical formulas or ideas in scientific papers that may be hard to understand, given that formal math education may be some years ago. In this book we will explain the theory behind many of these mathematical ideas and expressions and provide readers with the tools to better understand them. We will revisit high school mathematics and extend and relate this to the mathematics you need to understand the math you may encounter in the course of your research. This book will help you understand the math and formulas in the scientific papers you read. To achieve this goal, each chapter mixes theory with practical pen-and-paper exercises such that you (re)gain experience with solving math problems yourself. Mnemonics will be taught whenever possible. To clarify the math and help readers apply it, each chapter provides real-world and scientific examples.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Branislava Ćurčić-Blake works as an Assistant Professor in neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychiatry at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. She has trained as an experimental physicist (a study with a firm basis in mathematics) and did a PhD in neurobiophysics. Starting as a student and throughout her professional career, she has taught primary, high school, master and PhD students the intricacies of mathematics and physics, often motivating them to study these subjects independently with renewed interest.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Math for Scientists
Book Subtitle: Refreshing the Essentials
Authors: Natasha Maurits, Branislava Ćurčić-Blake
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57354-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57354-0Published: 26 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 233
Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Mathematics, Popular Science, general, Life Sciences, general, Study and Learning Skills