دانلود کتاب Morphogenesis Deconstructed: An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms (The Frontiers Collection)

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Preface
Contents
1. Morphogenetic Universe
1.1 Unplanned, Unfair but Benevolent
1.2 Construction and Deconstruction
1.3 Alphabets and Hieroglyphs
1.4 Mutability
1.5 Morphogenesis of Knowledge
2. Aggregation
2.1 The Origins
2.2 A Star is Born (and Dies)
2.3 Sticky Particles
2.4 Power Laws
2.5 Phase Transitions
3. Broken Symmetry
3.1 Crystals
3.2 Crystals on the Mesoscale
3.3 Liquid Crystals
3.4 Non-Equilibrium Patterns
3.5 Oscillations and Waves
3.6 Branching Patterns
3.7 Self-Organized Universe
4. Life Evolves
4.1 Alive or Not?
4.2 Memory and Function
4.3 Alien Earth and Gaia
4.4 Cells Are Sine Qua Non
4.5 Darwin Evolved and Devolved
4.6 Lamarck’s Revenge
5. Cells in Motion
5.1 Why Such a Tangle?
5.2 Protein Traffic
5.3 Energetics and Electrochemistry
5.4 Cytoskeleton
5.5 Cells Divide
5.6 Crawling and Swimming
5.7 Creative Destruction
6. Cells United
6.1 Why Develop?
6.2 Body Plan
6.3 Signals and Patterns
6.4 Mechanics of Tissues
6.5 Mechanotransduction
6.6 Growth and Movements of Plants
7. Communication
7.1 Flow Networks
7.2 Nerve Networks
7.3 The Bacterial Alternative
7.4 Collective Advantage
7.5 Studying Life
8. Biomorphic Technologies
8.1 Uniquely Human
8.2 Malleable Materials
8.3 Digital Morphogenesis
8.4 Nanotechnology
8.5 Tinkering with Nature
8.6 From Natural to Unnatural
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