Format:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 269 p. 156 illus., 139 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9783540921424
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9783540921417
Series Statement:
The Virtual Laboratory
Content:
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. This book reveals the scientific knowledge
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Preface; Contents; 1 Shell patterns - a natural picture book to study dynamic systems and biological pattern formation; 2 Pattern formation by local self-enhancement and long range inhibition; 3 Oscillations and traveling waves; 4 Superposition of stable and periodic patterns; 5 Crossings, meshwork of oblique lines and staggered dots: the combined action of two antagonists; 6 Branch initiation by global control; 7 The big problem: two or more time-dependent patterns that interfere with each other; 8 Triangles; 9 Parallel lines with tongues; 10 Shell models in three dimensions
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11 The computer programs12 Pattern formation in the development of higher organisms; 13 Pattern formation in development in which shell-related mechanisms are implicated; References; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540921417
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Meinhardt, Hans, 1938 - 2016 The algorithmic beauty of sea shells Berlin : Springer, 2009 ISBN 9783540921417
Language:
English
Subjects:
Computer Science
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Physics
,
Biology
,
Mathematics
Keywords:
Meeresmuscheln
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Muschelschale
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Musterbildung
;
Computersimulation
;
Meeresschnecken
;
Schneckenhaus
;
Musterbildung
;
Computersimulation
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-92142-4
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