Morphogenesis Origins of Patterns and Shapes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bourgine, Paul (Editor), Lesne, Annick (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

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...