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Fractal physiology

Title
Fractal physiology / James B. Bassingthwaighte, Larry S. Liebovitch, Bruce J. West.
Author
Bassingthwaighte, James B.
Publication
New York ; Oxford : Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Liebovitch, Larry S.
  • West, Bruce J.
Description
xi, 364 p. : ill.; 24 cm.p. cm.
Series Statement
Methods in physiology series ; 2
Uniform Title
Methods in physiology series ; 2.
Subject
  • Chaotic behavior in systems
  • Fractals
  • Physiology > Mathematical models
  • Biological systems > Mathematical models
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Models, Statistical
  • Physiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-354) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Overview. 1. Introduction: Fractals Really Are Everywhere -- Pt. II. Properties of Fractals and Chaos. 2. Properties of Fractal Phenomena in Space and Time. 3. The Fractal Dimension: Self-Similar and Self-Affine Scaling. 4. Fractal Measures of Heterogeneity and Correlation. 5. Generating Fractals. 6. Properties of Chaotic Phenomena. 7. From Time to Topology: Is a Process Driven by Chance or Necessity? -- Pt. III. Physiological Applications. 8. Ion Channel Kinetics: A Fractal Time Sequence of Conformational States. 9. Fractals in Nerve and Muscle. 10. Intraorgan Flow Heterogeneities. 11. Fractal Growth. 12. Mechanisms That Produce Fractals. 13. Chaos? in Physiological Systems.
ISBN
0195080130
LCCN
94013939
OCLC
  • ocm30356456
  • SCSB-4752163
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries