Structural Stability And Morphogenesis [Paperback]

An Outline of a General Theory of Models. Translation of Stabilit tructurelle et Morphogse.* Introduction * Form and Structural Stability * Structural Stability in Mathematics * Kinematic of Forms; Catastrophes * Elementary Catastrophes on R4 Associated with Conflicts of Regimes * General Morphology * The Dynamic of Forms * Biology and Topology * Local Models in Embryology * Global Models for a Living Being (Metazoa) * Models in Ultrastructure * The Basic Problems of Biology * From Animal to Man: Thought and LanguageRene Thom