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- A fascinating exploration of Morphogenesis - the genesis of forms
- Describes the complexities of morphogenesis in language accessible to the layperson
- Emphasizes connections between morphogenetic processess in inorganic, biological and social contexts
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is about morphogenesis as the genesis of forms. It is not restricted to plants growing from seed or animals developing from an embryo (although these do supply the most abundant examples) but also addresses kindred processes, from inorganic to social to biomorphic technology. It is about our morphogenetic universe: unplanned, unfair and frustratingly complicated but benevolent in allowing us to emerge, survive, and inquire into its laws.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Len Pismen
About the author
Len Pismen is Emeritus Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the Technion, Israel, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has published over 200 papers on the theory of nonlinear phenomena and its applications to fluid flows, soft and biological matter, catalysis, and surface phenomena. His earlier books are "Vortices in Nonlinear Fields" (1999), "Patterns and Interfaces in Dissipative Dynamics" (2006), and a non-technical book "The Swings of Science: From Complexity to Simplicity and back" (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Morphogenesis Deconstructed
Book Subtitle: An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms
Authors: Len Pismen
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36814-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36813-5Published: 03 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36816-6Published: 03 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36814-2Published: 02 January 2020
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 146
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory, Developmental Biology, Plant Anatomy/Development, Complexity, Social/Human Development Studies, Evolutionary Biology