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Spirals and Vortices
In Culture, Nature, and Science
Buch von Stefan C. Müller (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating and ubiquitous occurrence of spirals and vortices in human culture and in nature. Spiral forms have been used as elements in the arts for thousands of years, whereas their role in nature and science ¿ from DNA and sea shells to galaxies ¿ is still a topic of investigation in numerous fields. Following an introduction to the cultural history of spiral forms, the book presents contributions from leading experts, who describe the origins, mechanisms and dynamics of spirals and vortices in their special fields. As a whole the book provides a valuable source of information, while also taking the reader on an aesthetic and scientific journey through the world of spiral forms.
This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating and ubiquitous occurrence of spirals and vortices in human culture and in nature. Spiral forms have been used as elements in the arts for thousands of years, whereas their role in nature and science ¿ from DNA and sea shells to galaxies ¿ is still a topic of investigation in numerous fields. Following an introduction to the cultural history of spiral forms, the book presents contributions from leading experts, who describe the origins, mechanisms and dynamics of spirals and vortices in their special fields. As a whole the book provides a valuable source of information, while also taking the reader on an aesthetic and scientific journey through the world of spiral forms.
Über den Autor

Stefan C. Müller is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. After obtaining his doctoral degree at the University of Göttingen in 1978, he spent 3 years as postdoctoral researcher in the USA, first at MIT and then at Stanford University in California. He was subsequently a researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute in Dortmund until 1994, when he transferred his research to Magdeburg.

Kinko Tsuji is a physical chemist. She obtained her doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo in 1976. As a researcher she worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and at the Max-Planck-Institutes in Munich and in Dortmund. Since 1981 she has worked at the company Shimadzu Europa GmbH, developing applications of ultra high-speed cameras. Furthermore, she was active in the "Japan Business Council in Europe" in Brussels and served as a chairperson of the planning committee.

Zusammenfassung

The ultimate book on spirals - from Celtic art to medical applications

Accessible non-specialists, but also covering the latest scientific discoveries

Contributes to the eternal theme of the relationship between science and art

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part One.- Cultural History.- Appearance in Nature.- Arts and Beyond.- Part Two.- Spirals, their Types and Peculiarities.- Acoustic Spirals: Analysis of Bach's prelude in C major.- Part Three.- Liesegang Rings, Spirals and Helices.- Generation of Spirals in Excitable Media.- Chemical Oscillations and SpiralWaves.- Shedding Light on Chaos - Controlling Surface Reactions.- Part Four.- SpiralWaves of the Chemo-attractant cAMP Organise Multicellular Development in the Social Amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum.- SpiralWaves in the Heart.- Patterns and Humans.- Yet More Spirals.- Part Five.- Reaction-diffusion Patterns and Waves: From Chemical Reactions to Cardiac Arrhythmias.- A Lattice-gas Cellular Automaton Model for Discrete Excitable Media.- Kinematics of SpiralWaves in Excitable Media.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: The Frontiers Collection
Inhalt: xvi
296 S.
63 s/w Illustr.
133 farbige Illustr.
296 p. 196 illus.
133 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030057978
ISBN-10: 3030057976
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-030-05797-8
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Müller, Stefan C.
Tsuji, Kinko
Herausgeber: Kinko Tsuji/Stefan C Müller
Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
The Frontiers Collection
Maße: 241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Stefan C. Müller (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,698 kg
Artikel-ID: 114937056
Über den Autor

Stefan C. Müller is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. After obtaining his doctoral degree at the University of Göttingen in 1978, he spent 3 years as postdoctoral researcher in the USA, first at MIT and then at Stanford University in California. He was subsequently a researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute in Dortmund until 1994, when he transferred his research to Magdeburg.

Kinko Tsuji is a physical chemist. She obtained her doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo in 1976. As a researcher she worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and at the Max-Planck-Institutes in Munich and in Dortmund. Since 1981 she has worked at the company Shimadzu Europa GmbH, developing applications of ultra high-speed cameras. Furthermore, she was active in the "Japan Business Council in Europe" in Brussels and served as a chairperson of the planning committee.

Zusammenfassung

The ultimate book on spirals - from Celtic art to medical applications

Accessible non-specialists, but also covering the latest scientific discoveries

Contributes to the eternal theme of the relationship between science and art

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part One.- Cultural History.- Appearance in Nature.- Arts and Beyond.- Part Two.- Spirals, their Types and Peculiarities.- Acoustic Spirals: Analysis of Bach's prelude in C major.- Part Three.- Liesegang Rings, Spirals and Helices.- Generation of Spirals in Excitable Media.- Chemical Oscillations and SpiralWaves.- Shedding Light on Chaos - Controlling Surface Reactions.- Part Four.- SpiralWaves of the Chemo-attractant cAMP Organise Multicellular Development in the Social Amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum.- SpiralWaves in the Heart.- Patterns and Humans.- Yet More Spirals.- Part Five.- Reaction-diffusion Patterns and Waves: From Chemical Reactions to Cardiac Arrhythmias.- A Lattice-gas Cellular Automaton Model for Discrete Excitable Media.- Kinematics of SpiralWaves in Excitable Media.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: The Frontiers Collection
Inhalt: xvi
296 S.
63 s/w Illustr.
133 farbige Illustr.
296 p. 196 illus.
133 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030057978
ISBN-10: 3030057976
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-030-05797-8
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Müller, Stefan C.
Tsuji, Kinko
Herausgeber: Kinko Tsuji/Stefan C Müller
Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
The Frontiers Collection
Maße: 241 x 160 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Stefan C. Müller (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,698 kg
Artikel-ID: 114937056
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