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Encompassing over fifty years of research, Professor Gotoh addresses the correlation function of spatial structures and the statistical geometry of random particle assemblies. In this book morphological study is formed into random particle assemblies to which various mathematics are applied such as correlation function, radial distribution function and statistical geometry. This leads to the general comparison between the thermodynamic state such as gases and liquids and the random particle assemblies. Although structures of molecular configurations change at every moment due to thermal vib

Morphology --- Powders. --- Mathematics. --- Powder --- Bulk solids --- Crystals --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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"This book provides information on defects formation, material damage, and the structure of materials that must perform designed functions. The following aspects of material performance are discussed: Effect of composition, morphological features, and structure of different materials on material performance, durability, and resilience; Analysis of causes of material damage and degradation; Effect of processing conditions on material damage; Effect of singular and combined action of different degradants on industrial products; Systematic analysis of existing knowledge regarding the modes of damage and morphology of damaged material; Technological steps required to obtain specifically designed morphology required for specific performance; Comparison of experiences generated in different sectors of industry regarding the most frequently encountered failures, reasons for these failures, and potential improvements preventing future damage."--

Materials --- Morphology --- Microstructure --- Matter --- Micromechanics --- Stereology --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Constitution --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and non-existent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution. The adaptive landscape concept further allows us to take a spatial approach to the concepts of natural selection, evolutionary constraint and evolutionary development. For that reason, this book relies heavily on spatial graphics to convey the concepts developed within these pages, and less so on formal mathematics.

Evolution (Biology) --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Morphology --- Mathematical models --- Mathematical models. --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Environment --- Biology --- Self-organizing systems --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological fitness --- Genetics --- Environmental adaptation --- Adaptation, Environmental --- Evolution (Biology) - Mathematical models --- Adaptation (Biology) - Mathematical models --- Morphology - Mathematical models --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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De nombreux organismes sont composés de parties répétées, identiques ou modifiées (segments de vers de terre, vertèbres, etc.). Ce mode d’organisation fait l’objet depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle, de nombreuses interrogations de la part des biologistes : quelle est sa signification anatomique, comment se met-il en place lors de l’embryogenèse, que peut-on en déduire sur l’évolution des espèces, etc. ? Ce livre retrace l’histoire de ces questionnements, des théories et des concepts qu’ils ont suscités depuis deux siècles. Il montre que ce problème de la répétition des parties n’a cessé d’occuper une position centrale, au carrefour de plusieurs disciplines biologiques, et ce jusqu’à nos jours.

anatomy --- history of science --- embryology --- segmentation --- metamers --- evolutionism --- Anatomy. --- Morphology. --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Animal anatomy --- Animals --- Biology --- Physiology --- Anatomy --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology --- Morphology --- morphologie transformiste --- vertébré --- phylogenèse --- Naturphilosophie

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Contemporary research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', has to date been predominantly devoted to interpreting basic features of animal architecture in molecular genetics terms. Considerably less time has been spent on the exploitation of the wealth of facts and concepts available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, even though these traditional approaches can continue to offer a fresh insight into evolutionary developmental questions. The Development of Animal Form aims to integrate traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches and to deal with post-embryonic development as well. This approach leads to unconventional views on the basic features of animal organization, such as body axes, symmetry, segments, body regions, appendages and related concepts. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as to those in related areas of cell biology, genetics and zoology.

Developmental biology --- Ontogeny --- Morphology --- Evolution (Biology) --- Developmental biology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Morphology. --- Ontogeny. --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Biological form --- Biological structure --- Comparative morphology --- Form in biology --- Structure in biology --- Anatomy, Comparative --- Morphogenesis --- Ontogenesis --- Embryology --- Development (Biology) --- Growth --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology