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Reviews Acta Biotheretica 37:181-192 (1988) O Kluwer Academic Publishers - Printed in the Netherlands E. Teramoto and M. Yamaguti (Eds.), Proceadings o/ an Interna- tional Sgmposium he£d in Kgo~o, Nouem~ar 70-75, {985. (Lecture Notes in Biomathemat~cs, vol. 71).- Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Springer- Verlag, 1987, ix + 348 pp. Soft cover, DM 65.50, ISBN 3- 540-17375-9 This volume consists of lectures given at a Symposium in Kyoto in 1985. Most of the articles are brief accounts of results which appear elsewhere. This volume is a good indication of current research interests in mathematical biology. It begins with an essay by Simon Levin, which introduces the main themes of the subject. Levin reaches new emotional heights when he says "Adrift in a common sea, mathematical biologists cling together, benefiting from each other's progress". Since I did not attend the meeting, I cannot judge how accurate a description this is. M. Yamaguti contributes a second introductory article concerning chaos and fractals, which features beautiful illustrations o { self- similar sets (due to M. Hata) which look surprisingly like forms of some plants. Another highlight is the article by H. Meinhardt and M. Klingler concerning pattern formation by coupled oscillators. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

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Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 37 (2) – May 14, 2004
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Acta Biotheretica 37:181-192 (1988) O Kluwer Academic Publishers - Printed in the Netherlands E. Teramoto and M. Yamaguti (Eds.), Proceadings o/ an Interna- tional Sgmposium he£d in Kgo~o, Nouem~ar 70-75, {985. (Lecture Notes in Biomathemat~cs, vol. 71).- Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Springer- Verlag, 1987, ix + 348 pp. Soft cover, DM 65.50, ISBN 3- 540-17375-9 This volume consists of lectures given at a Symposium in Kyoto in 1985. Most of the articles are brief accounts of results which appear elsewhere. This volume is a good indication of current research interests in mathematical biology. It begins with an essay by Simon Levin, which introduces the main themes of the subject. Levin reaches new emotional heights when he says "Adrift in a common sea, mathematical biologists cling together, benefiting from each other's progress". Since I did not attend the meeting, I cannot judge how accurate a description this is. M. Yamaguti contributes a second introductory article concerning chaos and fractals, which features beautiful illustrations o { self- similar sets (due to M. Hata) which look surprisingly like forms of some plants. Another highlight is the article by H. Meinhardt and M. Klingler concerning pattern formation by coupled oscillators.

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