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hello i am a student and i want to reserch about the use of mathmatics in animals for example the waves that bees or bats send to recognizeing around or spider webs and relation between them and math would you mind helping me by say the exactly facts or sites to go?
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Dear Sanaz,

The field that interests you is known as Mathematical Biology.  There are societies devoted only to this branch of science, and you might be interested in contacting them for some good resources and books on the topics you find most fascinating.  Here are some good starting points:

http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/biomath/top.html

http://www.smb.org/

http://math.la.asu.edu/~kuang/aims/mblinks.html

Some universities actually have degree programs in mathematical biology, and you might be interested in that at some point, too.

Good luck!

Dana

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I can answer biology-related questions in the areas of evolution, zoology, botany, genetics, and ecology. But I don't answer homework questions or provide ideas for your science fair projects. So students please do your learning the right way by reading your text assignments and studying!

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