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Morphogenesis

Origins of Patterns and Shapes

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Editors:
  1. Paul Bourgine

    1. Ecole Polytechnique, CREA, Paris, France

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  2. Annick Lesne

    1. Labo. Physique Théorique de la, Matière Condensée (LPTMC), Université Paris VI, Paris CX 05, France

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  • Covers all aspects of morphology: crystal growth, development of biological patterns, development of cities, development of the universe
  • Integrates materials science, physics and biology
  • Provides many insights into and an interesting view of the development of shapes and patterns
  • Scientists, graduate students and interested laymen benefit from this book
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Annick Lesne, Paul Bourgine
    Pages 1-13

  3. Ferrofluids: A Model System of Self-Organised Equilibrium

    • Jean-Claude Bacri, Florence Elias
    Pages 15-39

  4. Hierarchical Fracture Networks

    • Steffen Bohn
    Pages 41-48

  5. Liquid Crystals and Morphogenesis

    • Yves Bouligand
    Pages 49-86

  6. Biological Self-Organisation by Way of the Dynamics of Reactive Processes

    • James Tabony
    Pages 87-105

  7. Dunes, the Collective Behaviour of Wind and Sand, or: Are Dunes Living Beings?

    • Stéphane Douady, Pascal Hersen
    Pages 107-118

  8. Morphodynamics of Secretory Endomembranes

    • François Képès
    Pages 119-141

  9. From Epigenomic to Morphogenetic Emergence

    • Caroline Smet-Nocca, Andràs Paldi, Arndt Benecke
    Pages 143-166

  10. Animal Morphogenesis

    • Nadine Peyriéras
    Pages 167-188

  11. Phyllotaxis, or How Plants Do Maths When they Grow

    • Stéphane Douady
    Pages 189-198

  12. The Logic of Forms in the Light of Developmental Biology and Palaeontology

    • Didier Marchand
    Pages 199-209

  13. Forms Emerging from Collective Motion

    • Hugues Chaté, Guillaume Grégoire
    Pages 211-223

  14. Systems of Cities and Levels of Organisation

    • Denise Pumain
    Pages 225-249

  15. Levels of Organisation and Morphogenesis from the Perspective of D’Arcy Thompson

    • Yves Bouligand
    Pages 251-272

  16. The Morphogenetic Models of René Thom

    • Jean Petitot
    Pages 273-281

  17. Morphogenesis, Structural Stability and Epigenetic Landscape

    • Sara Franceschelli
    Pages 283-293

  18. Morphological and Mutational Analysis: Tools for the Study of Morphogenesis

    • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Annick Lesne
    Pages 295-314

  19. Computer Morphogenesis

    • Jean-Louis Giavitto, Antoine Spicher
    Pages 315-339

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 341-346
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About this book

What are the relations between the shape of a system of cities and that of fish school? Which events should happen in a cell in order that it participates to one of the finger of our hands? How to interpret the shape of a sand dune? This collective book written for the non-specialist addresses these questions and more generally, the fundamental issue of the emergence of forms and patterns in physical and living systems. It is a single book gathering the different aspects of morphogenesis and approaches developed in different disciplines on shape and pattern formation. Relying on the seminal works of D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and René Thom, it confronts major examples like plant growth and shape, intra-cellular organization, evolution of living forms or motifs generated by crystals. A book essential to understand universal principles at work in the shapes and patterns surrounding us but also to avoid spurious analogies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ecole Polytechnique, CREA, Paris, France

    Paul Bourgine

  • Labo. Physique Théorique de la, Matière Condensée (LPTMC), Université Paris VI, Paris CX 05, France

    Annick Lesne

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morphogenesis

  • Book Subtitle: Origins of Patterns and Shapes

  • Editors: Paul Bourgine, Annick Lesne

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13174-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-13173-8Published: 30 October 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42374-1Published: 28 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-13174-5Published: 28 October 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 346

  • Additional Information: Original French edition published by Éditions Belin, Paris, 2006

  • Topics: Complexity, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity

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