Shape and complexity in living systems
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UNIL, Lausanne University Press
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Living systems are the most complex and diverse systems in the universe with
their multiple forms covering more than 25 orders of magnitude in massa. What
determines such variety in shape and structure? Is the growth process of living
systems a consequence of chance or of need? In this chapter we review some of
the issues related to shape and structure in living systems and we provide an answer to these questions.
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A. F. Miguel (2006) Shape and complexity in living systems. In: “Along with Constructal Theory”, editors: J. Hernandez & M Cosinschi, UNIL, Lausanne, chapter 4, 137-162