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- Editors:
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V. I. Krinsky
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Institute of Biological Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, USSR
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Table of contents (45 papers)
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Autowaves in Biological Systems
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- F. J. L. van Capelle, M. J. Janse
Pages 191-194
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- A. B. Medvinsky, A. V. Panfilov, A. M. Pertsov
Pages 195-199
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- Yu. M. Svirezhev, V. N. Razzhevaikin
Pages 200-203
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- G. R. Ivanitsky, A. S. Kunisky, M. A. Tzyganov
Pages 214-217
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- S. I. Beilina, N. B. Matveeva, A. V. Priezzhev, Yu. M. Romanenko, A. P. Sukhorukov, V. A. Teplov
Pages 218-221
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Evolution and Self-Organization
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Front Matter
Pages 223-223
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- L. L. Morozov, V. I. Goldanskii
Pages 224-232
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- Werner Ebeling, Rainer Feistel
Pages 233-239
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- A. Boiteux, B. Hess, E. E. Selākov
Pages 240-251
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- M. V. Volkenstein, D. S. Chernavskii
Pages 252-261
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Back Matter
Pages 263-266
About this book
According to its definition, Synergetics is concerned with systems that produce macroscopic spatial, temporal, or functional structures. Autowaves areĀ·a specific, yet very important, case of spatio-temporal structures. The term "autowave" was coined in the Soviet Union in analogy to the term "auto-oscillator". This is - perhaps too literal - translation of the Russian word "avto-ostsillyatory" (= selfĀ oscillator) which in its proper translation means "self-sustained oscillator". These are oscillators, e. g. , clocks, whose internal energy dissipation is compensaĀ ted by a (more or less) continuous power input. Simi larly, the term "autowaves" deĀ notes propagation effects - including waves - in active media, which provide spaĀ tially distributed energy sources and thus may compensate dissipation. An example which is now famous is represented by spiral or concentric waves in a chemically active medium, undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. This book provides the reader with numerous further examples from physics, chemĀ istry, and biology - e. g. , autowaves of the heart. While the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is now widely known, a number of very important results obtained in the Soviet Union are perhaps less well known. I am particularly glad that this book may help to make readers outside the Soviet Union acquainted with these important experĀ imental and theoretical findings which are presented in a way which elucidates the common principles underlying this kind of propagation effects. Professor V.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Biological Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, USSR
V. I. Krinsky