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Physical theory in biology : foundations and explorations /

What is the physics of life and why does it matter? The essays in this book probe this question, celebrating modern biology's vibrant dialog with theoretical physics - a scientific adventure in which biological understanding is enriched by physical theory without losing its own inherent traditi...

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Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Lumsden, Charles J., 1949; Brandts, Wendy A; Trainor, Lynn E. H., 1921
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore :
Publication Dates: 1997.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life sciences ; v. 4
Subjects:
Biophysics
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Online Access: www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/3425#t=toc
Summary: What is the physics of life and why does it matter? The essays in this book probe this question, celebrating modern biology's vibrant dialog with theoretical physics - a scientific adventure in which biological understanding is enriched by physical theory without losing its own inherent traditions and perspectives. The book explores organic complexity and self-organization through research applications to embryology, cell biology, behavioral neuroscience, and evolution. The essays will excite the interest of physics students in thinking about biology's "grand challenges", in part by means of
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi,486pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789812819598
Index Number: QH505
CLC: Q6
Contents: Emergence in physics and biology / L.E.H. Trainor -- Holism and reduction / C.J. Lumsden -- Complexity: A pluralistic approach / W.A.M. Brandts -- Dynamics, complexity and computation / P.A. Dufort and C.J. Lumsden -- Vector field models of morphogenesis / W.A.M. Brandts and J. Totafurno -- Symmetry breaking bifurcations / T.M. Hart and L.E.H. Trainor -- Generic dynamics of morphogenesis / B. Goodwin -- Toward a model of growth and form in living systems / F.W. Cummings -- Living organization, the coherence of organisms and the morphogenetic field / M.W. Ho, Y.M. Zhou and J. Haffegee -- Is s

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