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SELF-ORGANIZATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
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| By: |
Scott Camazine, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Nigel R. Franks |
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Paperback |
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£78.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691116245 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691116242 |
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| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 August, 2003 |
| Series: |
Princeton Studies in Complexity |
| Pages: |
560 |
| Description: |
A primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, this book introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. |
| Synopsis: |
The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components.Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research. |
| Illustrations: |
8 color plates. 32 halftones. 180 line illus. 3 tables. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Association of American Publishers Award for Best
Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles 2002 (United States) |
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