Thermodynamics and Pattern Formation in Biology
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-011368-6 (ISBN)
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- General Problems -- Some Basic Principles for the Formation of Structure in Nonlinear Systems of Thermodynamic Kind -- Topologically Stable Patterns in Condensed Matter -- New Types of Order and Stochastic Regimes in Nonlinear Media -- Chirality Wave Propagation and the First Evolutionary Catastrophe -- Nonlinear Bioenergetics -- Selection Between Aging Species -- Pattern Formation in Chemical and Biochemical Systems -- Pattern Formation and Wave Propagation in Chemical Systems -- Spatial Ordering Processes in Chemical Reactions -- Evolution of Populations of Biothermodynamic Systems Including Birth and Death-Processes -- Monitoring Oscillating Chemical Reactions: The Rate of Heat Production and the Simultaneous Measurement of Other Physical Signals -- Rate Limiting Steps in Oscillating Plant Glycolysis: Experimental Evidence for Control Sites Additional to Phosphofructokinase -- Dynamic Structures in the Fructose-6-Phosphate/Fructose' 1,6-Bisphosphatase Cycle -- Pattern Formation in Biological Systems -- Morphogenesis of Behaviour and Information Compression in Biological Systems -- Model of Pattern Generation on Plants, Based on the Principles of Minimal Entropy Production -- Structures in Models of Morphogenesis -- Self-Organisation of Biological Morphogenesis: General Approaches and Topo-Geometrical Models -- Topological and Thermodynamic Structures of Morphogenesis -- Fractal Shapes of Cell Membranes and Pattern Formation by Dichotomous Branching Processes -- Autowave Mechanochemical Model for Physarum Shuttle Streaming -- Statistical Geometry of Tissues -- Surface Changes and Shape Formation During Organism Growth -- List of Contributors -- References -- Subject Index -- Backmatter
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1988 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 139 b/w ill. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 1100 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| Schlagworte | Biologisches System • Musterbildung • Thermodynamik |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-011368-6 / 3110113686 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-011368-6 / 9783110113686 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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