Biologists and mathematics

Working at the biology/mathematics interface: mathematical modelling and sixth form biology

“…Details of the mathematical skills required by biologists in training from O level to graduate level were set out. Some recommendations were made, few of which have been taken up [16]. The importance of mathematics in the education of school scientists has recently been re-emphasized by the Royal Society [22] taking up the call for mathematics across the curriculum made in the Cockroft Report [23] and the recent DES/HMI (1982) report on science education in schools [24].…”

“…Partly due to these changes biology in the sixth form is becoming more quantitative [16,17]. Indeed, biologists concerned with the curriculum have recognized this shift in biological thought and practice for some time now.…”