The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells
For centuries scientists have tried to understand the growth and development of multicellular organisms. More recently, with the help of mathematical models and computerized simulations, they have discovered algorithmic patterns and models that seem to describe the dynamic processes in which organis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
| Series: | The Virtual Laboratory
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Shell patterns as dynamic systems
- 2 Pattern formation
- 3 Oscillations and travelling waves
- 4 Superposition of stable and periodic patterns
- 5 Meshwork of oblique lines and staggered dots
- 6 Branch initiation by global control
- 7 The big problem: two or more time-dependent patterns
- 8 Triangles
- 9 Parallel lines with tongues
- 10 Shell models in three dimensions
- 11 The computer program
- References