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New Visions on Form and Growth

Digitation, dendrites, and flames
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There exists a wide variety of patterns in nature, from inert matter such as crystalline dendrites and flames, to filamentous fungi and neurones in the living world. Their structural evolution during growth can be theoretically modelled in order to predict the shape of their forms, their dimensions and their growth rate. 'New Visions on Growth and Form' aims at answering such questions by employing different theoretical approaches and providing a critical appraisal. The book belongs to the wide field of non-equilibrium statistical physics, and explores different mechanisms such as transport, interfacial tension, and chemical reactions, which govern the growth of a material. It explains the fundamental equations relating different morphological quantities, as well as the relevant experimental control parameters. From the unifying concepts arising in the theoretical approach the author proposes a tentative description of cell morphogenesis as a further application of the theory.

Author Biography:

The author Pierre Pelce is Director of Research (CNRS) at the University of Provence, Marseille, France The translators Jasna Brujic and Laurent Costier are members of the Polymers and Colloids Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Release date Australia
August 19th, 2004
Author
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Translated by Jasna Brujic
  • Translated by Laurent Costier
Illustrations
numerous halftones & line drawings
Pages
400
Dimensions
163x241x25
ISBN-13
9780198527015
Product ID
2922793

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