Quantitative Elements of General Biology
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-79145-2 (ISBN)
This is an ideal book for students (in the broadest sense) of biology who wish to learn from this attempt to present the exemplary models, their methodological lessons, and the outline of a unified theory of living matter that is now beginning to emerge. In addition to a doctoral student preparing for quantitative biology research, this reader could also be an interdisciplinary scientist transitioning to biology. The latter-for example, a physicist or an engineer-may be comfortable with the mathematical apparatus and prepared to quickly enter the intended area of work, but desires a broader foundation in biology from the quantitative perspective.
Ivan Maly earned his PhD in the Life Sciences from Northwestern University. After a research stint in the Biological Engineering Division at MIT, he became a founding member of the Department of Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Now at the State University of New York, he continues his experimental and computational cell-biological research while maintaining a broad interest in quantitative biology and problems of knowledge integration. His earlier books are Systems Biology (Springer, 2009) and Systems Biomechanics of the Cell (Springer, 2013).
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1. Subject of general biology
1.2. Goals of the quantitative approach
1.3. Physical-chemical basis of life
Chapter 2. Darwinian dynamics
2.1. Quasi-species theory
2.2. Natural selection in subcellular dynamics
Chapter 3. Homeostasis
3.1. Control processes
3.2. Regime-switch models
Chapter 4. Cellular organization
4.1. Self-centering
4.2. Symmetry-breaking
4.3. Emergent mechanical irreversibility
4.4. Dissipative oscillations
Chapter 5. Multicellular form and movement
5.1. Symmetry: folds and axes5.2. Spaced foci and segmentation
5.3. Waves and cyclic motion
Chapter 6. Inter-species and planetary-scale dynamics
6.1. Stability and instability in population models
6.2. Steady states and cycles of interacting populations
6.3. Generational models and chaos6.4. Dynamics of spatial interaction patterns
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.08.2021 |
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Zusatzinfo | VII, 200 p. 62 illus., 17 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 437 g |
Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
Schlagworte | Quantitative elements Cellular organization • Quantitative elements Darwinian dynamics • Quantitative elements general biology • Quantitative elements Homeostasis • Quantitative elements Inter-species • Quantitative elements Multicellular form and movement • Quantitative elements planetary dynamics |
ISBN-10 | 3-030-79145-9 / 3030791459 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-79145-2 / 9783030791452 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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