Our knowledge of the principles by which organ architecture develops through complex
collective cell behaviours is still limited. Recent work has shown that the shape of such …

The role of 'generic'physical mechanisms in morphogenesis and pattern formation of tissues
is considered. Generic mechanisms are defined as those physical processes that are …

foreword by Hermann Haken For the past twenty years Scott Kelso's research has focused
on extending the physical concepts of self-organization and the mathematical tools of …

A higher organism consists of many different cell types that have precise spatial
relationships with each other. Starting with a single cell, the fertilized egg, this complex …

One of the most unexpected results in science in recent years is that quite ordinary systems
obeying simple laws can give rise to complex, nonlinear or chaotic, behavior. In this book …

A century after Henri Bénard discovered cellular convective structures, thermal convection in
fluid layers still remains a central subject in nonlinear physics. Within this framework, surface …

Cybernetics, a science concerned with understanding how systems are regulated, has
reflected the preoccupations of the century in which it was born. Regulation is important in …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the geometrical models for cells in tissues.
Powerful models are needed to bridge the gap between a tissue and its component cells …

A generalization of the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdVE) is considered in which additional
terms belonging to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation (KSE) are incorporated to account …

Mathematics in nature: this book grew out of a course of the same name, with the rather long
subtitle “the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics and the beauty of mathematics as …