The Geometry of Biological Time

by Winfree, Arthur T.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Geometry of Biological Time / Arthur T. Winfree.

Summary

Geometry of Biological Time deals with dynamics of processes that repeat themselves regularly. Such rhythmic return through a cycle of change is an ubiquitous principle of organization in living systems. In this revised and updated edition the author plans to extend the thread from 1980 to the present concentrating on areas which he personally feels have been interesting and where he feels there will be much activity in the future. This involves going through spatial biochemical, electrophysiological, and organismic dynamical systems and patterns that were discovered by pursuing the theme of phase singularities that the original book introduced. In particular the work on excitability in cell membranes has been thoroughly updated as have the references throughout the book.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer New York
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 777 pages) : : 336 illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781475734843, 1475734840, 0387989927, 9780387989921
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4757-3484-3
oclc:ocn851726200
LC Classification:QH323.5
Dewey Decimal:570.285

Introduction -- Circular Logic -- Phase Singularities (Screwy Results of Circular Logic) -- The Rules of the Ring -- Ring Populations -- Getting Off the Ring -- Attracting Cycles and Isochrons -- Measuring the Trajectories of a Circadian Clock -- Populations of Attractor Cycle Oscillators -- Excitable Kinetics and Excitable Media -- The Varieties of Phaseless Experience: In Which the Geometrical Orderliness of Rhythmic Organization Breaks Down in Diverse Ways -- The Firefly Machine -- Energy Metabolism in Cells -- The Malonic Acid Reagent ("Sodium Geometrate") -- Electrical Rhythmicity and Excitability in Cell Membranes -- The Aggregation of Slime Mold Amoebae -- Growth and Regeneration -- Arthropod Circle -- Pattern Formation in the Fungi -- Circadian Rhythms in General -- The Circadian Clocks of Insect Eclosion -- The Flower of Kalanchoe -- The Cell Mitotic Cycle -- The Female Cycle -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.