The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells

The patterns on the shells of tropical sea snails are not only compellingly beautiful but also tell a tale of biological development. The decorative patterns are records of their own genesis, which follows laws like those of dune formation or the spread of a flu epidemic. Hans Meinhardt has analyzed...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Meinhardt, Hans (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Σειρά:The Virtual Laboratory,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Shell patterns - a natural picture book to study dynamic systems and biological pattern formation -- Pattern formation by local self-enhancement and long range inhibition -- Oscillations and traveling waves -- Superposition of stable and periodic patterns -- Crossings, meshwork of oblique lines and staggered dots: the combined action of two antagonists -- Branch initiation by global control -- The big problem: two or more time-dependent patterns that interfere with each other -- Triangles -- Parallel lines with tongues -- Shell models in three dimensions -- The computer programs -- Pattern formation in the development of higher organisms -- Pattern formation in development in which shell-related mechanisms are implicated. 
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