Kinetic Theory of Living Pattern

by Lionel G. Harrison

Book Overview

This book contains both an extensive philosophical commentary on this dichotomy in views and an exposition of the type of theory most favored by physical scientists. In this theory, living form is a manifestation of the dynamics of chemical change and physical transport or other physics of spatial communication. The Reaction-diffusion theory as initiated by Turing in 1952 and elaborated by Prigogine, Gierer, Meinhardt, and others is discussed in detail...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521306914
• ISBN13: 9780521306911
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"