Physical Theory In Biology: Foundations And Explorations

What is the physics of life and why does it matter? The essays in this book probe this question, celebrating modern biology's vibrant dialog with theoretical physics -- a scientific adventure in which biological understanding is enriched by physical theory without losing its own inherent traditions and perspectives. The book explores organic complexity and self-organization through research applications to embryology, cell biology, behavioral neuroscience, and evolution. The essays will excite the interest of physics students in thinking about biology's "grand challenges", in part by means of self-contained introductions to theoretical computer science, symmetry methods in bifurcation theory, and evolutionary games. Seasoned investigators in both the physical and life sciences will also find challenging ideas and applications presented in this volume.This is a Print On Demand title. We no longer stock the original but will recreate a copy for you. While all efforts are made to ensure that quality is the same as the original, there may be differences in some areas of the design and packaging.

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• Authors: Cummings Frederick W, Cummings Frederick W
• Assisted by: Wendy Brandts (Editor), Allan E Busch (Editor), Allan E. Busch (Editor), Frederick W Cummings (Editor), Frederick W. Cummings (Editor), Paul A Dufort (Editor), Joseph Frankel (Editor), Brian Goodwin (Editor), Julian Haffegee (Editor), Mae-Wan Ho (Editor), Ellen W Larsen (Editor), Charles J Lumsden (Editor), Charles J. Lumsden (Editor), Liaofu Luo (Editor), G J Nelson (Editor), G W Rowe (Editor), Jeffrey P Sutton (Editor), Patrick Tevlin (Editor), Jose-Leonel Torres (Editor), Lynn E H Trainor (Editor), Lynn E. H. Trainor (Editor), Yu-Ming Zhou (Editor)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.1997
• EAN: 9789810230821
• ISBN: 978-981-02-3082-1
• No. of pages: 504
• Series: Studies of Nonlinear Phenomena; Studies of Nonlinear Phenomena
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous