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 ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1995]
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| Series: | Virtual laboratory.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 organisms grow, reproduce, and respond to external factors. In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Hans Meinhardt explains and illustrates these structural growth patterns in the case of sea shells. The book delightfully conveys the intuitive appeal and the "touch of magic" in this research. A diskette packaged with the book contains a program that allows the reader to run the simulations on a PC. New patterns can be generated interactively to provide an insight into the process of biological pattern formation. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662131350 (electronic bk.) 3662131358 (electronic bk.) |