Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences II

James Sneyd already published one book with Springer which won a prize for best math book in 1998 (American Association of Publishers). Achi Dosanjh will have copies of any reviews of this book, which have been favourable in general: Mathematical Physiology Series: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Vol. 8 Keener, James, Sneyd, James 1st ed. 1998. Corr. 2nd printing, 2001, XIX, 766 p. 347 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 0-387-98381-3 He is also an author of: S. Camazine, J.-L. Deneubourg, N. Franks, J. Sneyd, Guy Theraulaz, Eric Bonabeau, Self-Organization in Biological Systems, Princeton University Press, 2001. Winner of Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Biological Science (2001), American Association of Publishers. One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2002.

Preface.- Introduction.- Basic Concept of Ca2+ Signaling in Cells and Tissues (M. J. Sanderson).- Modeling IP-3-Dependent Calcium Dynamics in Non-Excitable Cells (J. Sneyd).- Integrated Calcium Management in Cardiac Myocytes (T. R. Shannon).- Mechanisms and Models of Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling (R. L. Winslow, R. Hinch, J. L. Greenstein).- Mathematical Analysis of the Generation of Force and Motion in Contracting Muscle (E. Pate).- Signal Transduction in Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor Cells (J. Reisert).- Mathematical Models of Synaptic Transmission and Short-Term Plasticity (R. Bertram).

From the reviews:

"The book is mainly a research reference book but may be of interest for graduate students specializing in the fields of cell physiology and signal transduction. The book is an excellent, up-to-date survey for those who wish to learn about the state of calcium dynamic modelling and how such models are applied to physiological questions ... . Much of the underlying physiology is clearly presented to help the reader to follow the modelling." (Johnny Tom Ottesen, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2006 h)