Product Description: From time to time, perhaps a few times each century, a revolution occurs that questions some of our basic beliefs and sweeps across otherwise well guarded disciplinary boundaries. These are the periods when science is fun, when new paradigms have to be formulated, and when young scientists can do serious work without first having to acquire all the knowledge of their teachers...read more

Product Description: Biological Processes in Living Systems is the fourth and final volume of the Toward a Theoretical Biology series. It contains essays that deal in detail with particular biological processes: morphogenesis of pattern, the development of neuronal networks, evolutionary processes, and others...read more

Product Description: The Second Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics brought together scientists from many different fields. The Meeting was divided into three Symposia: (i) Materials Science and Applied Physics, (ii) Statistical Physics and Beyond, (iii) Gravitation and Cosmology...read more

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Product Description: This proceedings focuses on the emergent properties of complex systems as a whole, looking for self-organization, conformational transitions, patterns, and complexities. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Contributors from biological and physical sciences address processes controlling the global environment and how to overcome the disparities in spatial and temporal scales used in different disciplines. A mix of ecologists, other biological scientists, atmospheric scientists, geomorphologists, and marine scientists from 17 countries explore the interactions between the atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial components of the biosphere at different scales...read more