# Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences

- By: Leah Edelstein-Keshet
- Publisher: University of British Columbia
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Calculus/Differential_Calculus_for_the_Life_Sciences_(Edelstein-Keshet))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Calculus/Differential_Calculus_for_the_Life_Sciences_(Edelstein-Keshet)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/math-121074/pdf

Calculus arose as a tool for solving practical scientific problems through the centuries. However, it is often taught as a technical subject with rules and formulas (and occasionally theorems), devoid of its connection to applications. In this course, the applications form an important focal point, with emphasis on life sciences. This places the techniques and concepts into practical context, as well as motivating quantitative approaches to biology taught to undergraduates.