书目名称 | The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells |
编辑 | Hans Meinhardt |
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丛书名称 | The Virtual Laboratory |
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描述 | For centuries scientists have tried to understand the growth and development of multicellular organisms. More recently, with the help of mathematical models and computerized simulations, they have discovered algorithmic patterns and models that seem to describe the dynamic processes in which organisms grow, reproduce, and respond to external factors. In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Hans Meinhardt explains and illustrates these structural growth patterns in the case of sea shells. The book delightfully conveys the intuitive appeal and the "touch of magic" in this research. A diskette packaged with the book contains a program that allows the reader to run the simulations on a PC. New patterns can be generated interactively to provide an insight into the process of biological pattern formation. |
出版日期 | Book 19951st edition |
关键词 | Computer Graphicss; Computergraphik; Dynamische Systeme; Growth algorithms; Mathematica; Visualisierung; a |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13135-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-662-13135-0Series ISSN 1431-939X |
issn_series | 1431-939X |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995 |