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Murray, James Dickson was born on January 2, 1931 in Moffat, Scotland. Son of Peter and Sarah Jane (Black) Murray.
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Divorce rates are at an all-time high. But without a theoretical understanding of the processes related to marital stability and dissolution, it is difficult to design and evaluate new marriage interventions. The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using difference equations. The work is the fulfillment of the goal to build a mathematical framework for the general system theory of families first suggested by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in the 1960s.The book also presents a complete introduction to the mathematics involved in theory building and testing, and details the development of experiments and models. In one "marriage experiment," for example, the authors explored the effects of lowering or raising a couple's heart rates. Armed with their mathematical model, they were able to do real experiments to determine which processes were affected by their interventions. Applying ideas such as phase space, null clines, influence functions, inertia, and uninfluenced and influenced stable steady states (attractors), the authors show how other researchers can use the methods to weigh their own data with positive and negative weights. While the focus is on modeling marriage, the techniques can be applied to other types of psychological phenomena as well.
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Mathematical Biology is a richly illustrated textbook in an exciting and fast growing field. Providing an in-depth look at the practical use of math modeling, it features exercises throughout that are drawn from a variety of bioscientific disciplines - population biology, developmental biology, physiology, epidemiology, and evolution, among others. It maintains a consistent level throughout so that graduate students can use it to gain a foothold into this dynamic research area.
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This richly illustrated third edition provides a thorough training in practical mathematical biology and shows how exciting mathematical challenges can arise from a genuinely interdisciplinary involvement with the biosciences. It has been extensively updated and extended to cover much of the growth of mathematical biology. From the reviews: ""This book, a classical text in mathematical biology, cleverly combines mathematical tools with subject area sciences."--SHORT BOOK REVIEWS
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Murray, James Dickson was born on January 2, 1931 in Moffat, Scotland. Son of Peter and Sarah Jane (Black) Murray.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with 1st class honors, University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1956. Master of Arts, University Oxford, England, 1961.
Doctor of Science in Mathematics, University Oxford, England, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), University St. Andrews, 1994. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Strathclyde, 1999.
Lecturer applied mathematics King's College Durham University, Newcastle, England, 1955-1956. Gordon McKay lecturer and research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1959, research associate engineering, applied physics, 1963-1964. Professor engineering mechanics University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965-1967.
Professor mathematics New York University, New York City, 1967-1970. Lecturer University College, London, 1959-1961. Fellow in mathematics Hertford College University Oxford, 1961-1963, reader, 1972-1986, professor mathematics biology, 1986-1992, fellow Corpus Christi College, 1970-1992, director Center Mathematics Biology, 1983-1992, emeritus professor, since 1992, honorary fellow, since 2001.
Visiting professor applied mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1979, 85, California Technology University, 1983. Visiting research professor National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 1975, University Florence, Italy, 1976, Winegard Guelph University, 1980. Guest professor University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1980.
Distinguished visiting professor, Scott Hawkins lecturer Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1984. Adjunct professor zoology University Washington, 1988-2000, professor applied mathematics, 1988-2000, emeritus, since 2000, Robert F. Philip professor, 1988-1994, Boeing professor, 1997-2000. ULAM scholar Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1985.
Lansdowne lecturer University Victoria, 1990, Ostram lecturer Washington State University.
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Fellow Royal Society, Royal Society Edinburgh, European Society for Mathematics and Theoretical Biology (president 1991-1994). Member Academy of Sciences Paris (foreign member).
Married Sheila Todd Campbell, October 1959. Children: Mark Woodeaton, Sarah Corinne.