Author: Hans Meinhardt

The pigment patterns on tropical shells are of great beauty and diversity. Their mixture of regularity and irregularity is fascinating. A particular pattern seems to follow particular rules but these …

Spannende Einblicke in ein faszinierendes Forschungsgebiet Schalenmuster sind ein Bilderbuch der Natur. Sie helfen bei der Untersuchung dynamischer Systeme und biologischer Musterbildung, denn Schnec …

The pigment patterns on tropieal shells are of great beauty and diversity. They fas- cinate by their mixture of regularity and irregularity. A partieular pattern seems to follow partieular m Ies but …

As mentioned repetitively in the book, the models describing shell patterning are only special applications of a mechanism developed to account for biological pattern formation in general. To illustr …

For centuries scientists have tried to understand the growth and development of multicellular organisms. More recently, with the help of mathematical models and computerized simulations, they have di …