From the reviews: "Overall, the book is a remarkable achievement, bringing together as it does so many of the strands ofresearch in so many different fields of physics and mathematics, and managing to present a digestible mixture of experiment and theory in almost every article." (UK Nonlinear News, 2001)

• Mathematical Tools for Pattern Formation.- Formation of Dynamical Structures in Axisymmetric Fluid Systems.- Pattern Formation in Binary Fluid Convection and in Systems with Throughflow.- Dynamical Structures in Open Fluid Systems.- Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Faraday Instability.- Pattern Formation in an Inhomogeneous Environment.- Electrically Driven Instabilities in Smectic Liquid Crystal Films.- Electrohydrodynamic Convection in Nematics.- Dynamics of Patterns of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces.- Convection and Pattern Formation Induced by Autocatalytic Chemical Reactions.- Formation of Spatio-Temporal Structures in Semiconductors.- Formation of Patterns in Granular Materials.- Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields in the Laboratory.- From Single Cells to a Multicellular Organism: The Development of the Social Amoebae Dictyostelium Discoideum.

From the reviews: "Overall, the book is a remarkable achievement, bringing together as it does so many of the strands ofresearch in so many different fields of physics and mathematics, and managing to present a digestible mixture of experiment and theory in almost every article." (UK Nonlinear News, 2001)

• Mathematical Tools for Pattern Formation.- Formation of Dynamical Structures in Axisymmetric Fluid Systems.- Pattern Formation in Binary Fluid Convection and in Systems with Throughflow.- Dynamical Structures in Open Fluid Systems.- Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Faraday Instability.- Pattern Formation in an Inhomogeneous Environment.- Electrically Driven Instabilities in Smectic Liquid Crystal Films.- Electrohydrodynamic Convection in Nematics.- Dynamics of Patterns of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces.- Convection and Pattern Formation Induced by Autocatalytic Chemical Reactions.- Formation of Spatio-Temporal Structures in Semiconductors.- Formation of Patterns in Granular Materials.- Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields in the Laboratory.- From Single Cells to a Multicellular Organism: The Development of the Social Amoebae Dictyostelium Discoideum.

From the reviews: "Overall, the book is a remarkable achievement, bringing together as it does so many of the strands ofresearch in so many different fields of physics and mathematics, and managing to present a digestible mixture of experiment and theory in almost every article." (UK Nonlinear News, 2001)

• Mathematical Tools for Pattern Formation.- Formation of Dynamical Structures in Axisymmetric Fluid Systems.- Pattern Formation in Binary Fluid Convection and in Systems with Throughflow.- Dynamical Structures in Open Fluid Systems.- Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Faraday Instability.- Pattern Formation in an Inhomogeneous Environment.- Electrically Driven Instabilities in Smectic Liquid Crystal Films.- Electrohydrodynamic Convection in Nematics.- Dynamics of Patterns of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces.- Convection and Pattern Formation Induced by Autocatalytic Chemical Reactions.- Formation of Spatio-Temporal Structures in Semiconductors.- Formation of Patterns in Granular Materials.- Spontaneous Generation of Magnetic Fields in the Laboratory.- From Single Cells to a Multicellular Organism: The Development of the Social Amoebae Dictyostelium Discoideum.