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Author Meinhardt, Hans.

Title The algorithmic beauty of sea shells / Hans Meinhardt ; illustrated by P. Prusinkiewicz, D.R. Fowler
Edition 4th ed
Published Berlin ; London : Springer, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series The virtual laboratory
Virtual laboratory.
Contents Shell patterns -- a natural picture book to study dynamic systems and biological pattern formation -- Pattern formation by local self-enhancement and long range inhibition -- Oscillations and traveling waves -- Superposition of stable and periodic patterns -- Crossings, meshwork of oblique lines and staggered dots: the combined action of two antagonists -- Branch initiation by global control -- The big problem: two or more time-dependent patterns that interfere with each other -- Triangles -- Parallel lines with tongues -- Shell models in three dimensions -- The computer programs -- Pattern formation in the development of higher organisms -- Pattern formation in development in which shell-related mechanisms are implicated
Summary The patterns on the shells of tropical sea snails are not only compellingly beautiful but also tell a tale of biological development. The decorative patterns are records of their own genesis, which follows laws like those of dune formation or the spread of a flu epidemic. Hans Meinhardt has analyzed the dynamical processes that form these patterns and retraced them faithfully in computer simulations. His book is exciting not only for the astonishing scientific knowledge it reveals but also for its fascinating pictures
Analysis schone kunsten
fine arts
computertechnieken
computer techniques
computergrafie
computer graphics
evolutie
evolution
simulatiemodellen
simulation models
levenswetenschappen
life sciences
Biology (General)
Biologie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Shells.
Pattern formation (Biology) -- Computer simulation
Shellfish.
Digital computer simulation.
Computer simulation.
Animal Shells
Computer Simulation
Shellfish
shell (animal material)
simulation.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Shells.
Pattern formation (Biology) -- Computer simulation.
Sciences de la vie.
Biomédecine.
Shellfish
Digital computer simulation
Computer simulation
Pattern formation (Biology) -- Computer simulation
Shells
Form Electronic book
Author Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw, 1952-
Fowler, Deborah R.
ISBN 9783540921424
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9783540921417
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9786612655067
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