Calculus & Probability for Life Sciences

Course Description


In this course, UCLA Professor Herbert B. Enderton gives 28 video lectures on how to apply Calculus and Probability for Life Sciences. The original name for this course is Mathematics 3C - Lec 2 - Calculus and Probability for Life Sciences Students. This course covers topics such as Elementary Probability, Probability Distributions, Random Variables, and Limit Theorems.



Requisite: course 3B with a grade of C- or better. P/NP or letter grading.



Textbook: C. Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall.



Lecturer: Herbert Enderton, Ph.D., Harvard University. Dr. Enderton is Logic Colloquim Chairman for the UCLA Logic Center -- http://www.logic.ucla.edu/.



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Tags: Math, Math Calculus, Probability, Biology.

Calculus & Probability for Life Sciences

Professor Herbert B. Enderton in Lecture 19: Normal Distribution I.
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