{"product_id":"9789819203307","title":"Patterns and Forms in Nature From Organisms to Collective Behaviours in Biological Systems","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTheoretical Biology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePatterns and Forms in Nature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Organisms to Collective Behaviours in Biological Systems\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip K. Maini | Hiraku Nishimori | Toshio Sekimura | Tomohiko Yamaguchi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematics \/ Applied\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis open access book presents a multidisciplinary examination of how biological shapes, structures, and dynamic patterns emerge, evolve, and persist in the natural world. Drawing on genetics, developmental biology, evolutionary theory, physics, chemistry, and mathematical modeling, the book brings together leading researchers who illuminate the fundamental principles behind the diversity of forms found in living organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters span a wide scientific landscape. Readers encounter discussions of symmetry breaking from physics to biology, models of collective cell behavior, and the mechanisms and evolutionary history of female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterflies. The volume also includes mathematical and computational analyses of pattern formation and population dynamics, as well as investigations into the development and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. Additional chapters examine how a single gene can determine snail coiling direction, explore morphospace approaches to evolution, and analyze the functional morphology of molluscan shells. Other contributions reveal the mechanical optimality embedded in plant structures and highlight striking spiral patterns and morphologies found in chemical systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBased on invited lectures delivered at the 6th Yamada Symposium in Tokyo, this book provides readers with an integrated view of pattern formation across scales and disciplines. It serves as an engaging guide for researchers, students, and anyone interested in understanding how nature generates its remarkable variety of forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip K. Maini\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Mathematical Biology, Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHiraku Nishimori\u003cbr\u003eDirector of Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eToshio Sekimura\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus of Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTomohiko Yamaguchi\u003cbr\u003eVice Director of Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYamada\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819203307\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e204\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Yamada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47197672767628,"sku":"9789819203307","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819203307.jpg?v=1781060416","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819203307","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}