Complexity in Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bonchev, Danail (Editor), Rouvray, Dennis H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Genetic engineering.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Genetic Engineering.

This book, written by an international team of experts, introduces the reader to various aspects of complexity theory and its applications. It illustrates the latest trends in science to go beyond the mechanistic Newtonian view of the world by shifting the focus to self-organization, adaptation, and...

Table of Contents:

• On the Complexity of Fullerenes and Nanotubes
• Complexity and Self-Organization in Biological Development and Evolution
• The Circle That Never Ends: Can Complexity be Made Simple?
• Graphs as Models of Large-Scale Biochemical Organization
• Quantitative Measures of Network Complexity
• Cellular Automata Models of Complex Biochemical Systems
• The Complex Nature of Ecodynamics.