Morphogenesis Origins of Patterns and Shapes 1st Edition
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Full Title

Morphogenesis Origins of Patterns and Shapes 1st Edition
Author(s)

Paul Bourgine, ‎Annick Lesne
Edition

1st Edition
ISBN

9783642131745, 9783642131738
Publisher

Springer
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

What are the relations between the shape of a system of cities and that of fish school? Which events should happen in a cell in order that it participates to one of the finger of our hands? How to interpret the shape of a sand dune? This collective book written for the non-specialist addresses these questions and more generally, the fundamental issue of the emergence of forms and patterns in physical and living systems. It is a single book gathering the different aspects of morphogenesis and approaches developed in different disciplines on shape and pattern formation. Relying on the seminal works of D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and René Thom, it confronts major examples like plant growth and shape, intra-cellular organization, evolution of living forms or motifs generated by crystals. A book essential to understand universal principles at work in the shapes and patterns surrounding us but also to avoid spurious analogies.

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