Preface to the First Edition

I hear and I forget.

I see and I remember.

I do and I understand.

Confucius1

The creation of this book stems from a set of courses offered over the past several years in quantitative neuroscience, particularly within the graduate program in computational neuroscience at the University of Chicago. This program started in 2001 and is one of the few programs focused on computational neuroscience with a complete curriculum including courses in cellular, systems, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience; neuronal modeling; and mathematical foundations in computational neuroscience. Many of these courses include not only lectures but also lab sessions in which students get hands-on experience using the MATLAB® software ...

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