Chapter 1
Introduction to Biosciences
1
,WHY STUDY BIOLOGY?
2
, Mathematics and Biology:
Interesting and Compatible Subjects!!!
• Biology and Mathematics seem like two completely
different disciplines
• Biology = the scientific study of living things
• Mathematics = the scientific study of quantities,
patterns, and relationships between quantities
A knowledge of maths can help a biologist, however, just as
understanding biology may be useful to mathematicians
3
Introduction to Biosciences
1
,WHY STUDY BIOLOGY?
2
, Mathematics and Biology:
Interesting and Compatible Subjects!!!
• Biology and Mathematics seem like two completely
different disciplines
• Biology = the scientific study of living things
• Mathematics = the scientific study of quantities,
patterns, and relationships between quantities
A knowledge of maths can help a biologist, however, just as
understanding biology may be useful to mathematicians
3