Cellular Patterns

<p>The mechanics underlying the form and structure of biological tissues is being increasingly investigated and appreciated with new results appearing at a fast pace. <strong>Cellular Patterns</strong> covers the salient elements of this thriving field of research in a textbook style including both historic landmark results and recent achievements. </p><p></p><p>By building on concepts such as packing confinement surface tension and elastic instabilities the book explains the structure and the shape of sheet-like and bulk tissues by adapting the mechanics of continuous media to living matter. It reviews experimental results and empirical laws and wherever possible it discusses more than a single theoretical interpretation of a given phenomenon. </p><p></p><p>The in-depth treatment of technical details the many boxes summarizing essential physical and biological ideas and an extensive set of problems make this book suitable as a complementary textbook for a graduate course in biophysics and as a standalone reference for students and researchers in biophysics bioengineering and mathematical biology interested in the mechanics of tissue.</p><p></p><p><strong>Features:</strong></p><p></p><ul> <br><br><li>Provides an overview of patterns and shapes seen in animal tissues in addition to an interpretation of these structures in terms of physical forces and processes</li> <br><br><li>Contains detailed analysis and a critical comparison of mechanical models of cells tissues and morphogenetic movements</li> <br><br><li>Presents a visually rich style which is accessible to physicists and biologists alike</li> </ul>