Israel, Giorgio; Millán Gasca, Ana [Volterra, Vito] The biology of numbers. The correspondence of Vito Volterra on mathematical biology. (English) Zbl 1010.01025 Science Networks. Historical Studies. 26. Basel: Birkhäuser. 405 p. (2002). The modern advancements in Mathematical Biology took place roughly between 1920 and 1940 and the celebrated Italian Mathmetician Vito Volterra played a significant role in these advancements.The present book is an exhaustive collection of the correspondence between Vito Volterra and numerous scientists on the topic of Mathematical Biology. At the end of the book very useful seventeen pages of references are given.The book is useful to those who are working in the field of Mathematical Biology as well as History of Mathematical Biology. Reviewer: Pradip Kumar Majumdar (Pargansas) Cited in 6 Documents MSC: 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies 92-03 History of biology 01-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography Keywords:mathematical biology PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{G. Israel} and \textit{A. Millán Gasca}, The biology of numbers. The correspondence of Vito Volterra on mathematical biology. Basel: Birkhäuser (2002; Zbl 1010.01025)