Morphodynamics
暫譯: 形態動力學

Seilacher, Adolf, Gishlick, Alan D.

Morphodynamics
  • 出版商: CRC
  • 出版日期: 2021-03-30
  • 售價: $2,480
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,356
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 551
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 0367658968
  • ISBN-13: 9780367658960

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Morphodynamics is defined as the unique interaction among environment, functional morphology, developmental constraints, phylogeny, and time--all of which shape the evolution of life. These fabricational patterns and similarities owe their regularity not to a detailed genetic program, but to extrinsic factors, which may be mechanical, chemical, or biological in nature. These self-organizing mechanisms are the focus of Morphodynamics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustrated by numerous examples from across the biological spectrum, this book embodies the foundation of noted paleontologist Adolf Seilacher's thinking on the study of morphodynamics. It represents his unique approach of presenting paleontology from an ecological and constructional perspective, rather than a purely taxonomic one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hallmark of Seilacher's storied career has been a constructional and functional focus. He begins by discussing the basic principles--form, pattern formation, ecology and evolution, as well as the factors that override those processes. Next, he examines how morphodynamic principles are implemented in various invertebrates including single-celled protists, Ediacarans, sponges, coelenterates, shelled organisms, worms, arthropods, and echinoderms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final chapter explores how morphogenetic principles may apply to clonal colonial organisms. Summarizing seventy years of research into the interactions of form, function, and evolution, the book is copiously illustrated with the author's own distinctive drawings and an abundance of photos. It provides a framework for readers to pose their own questions and sharpen their interpretive skills on this fascinating topic.

 

 

商品描述(中文翻譯)

形態動力學被定義為環境、功能形態學、發展限制、系統發生學和時間之間的獨特互動，這些因素共同塑造了生命的演化。這些結構模式和相似性之所以具有規律性，並不是因為詳細的基因程序，而是由於外部因素，這些因素可能是機械的、化學的或生物的。這些自我組織的機制是《形態動力學》的焦點。

本書通過來自生物光譜的眾多例子，體現了著名古生物學家阿道夫·賽拉赫（Adolf Seilacher）對形態動力學研究的思考基礎。它代表了他從生態和建構的角度而非純粹分類的角度來呈現古生物學的獨特方法。

賽拉赫的輝煌職業生涯的標誌是建構和功能的焦點。他首先討論基本原則——形狀、模式形成、生態學和演化，以及超越這些過程的因素。接下來，他檢視形態動力學原則如何在各種無脊椎動物中實施，包括單細胞原生生物、艾迪卡拉生物、海綿、腔腸動物、有殼生物、蠕蟲、節肢動物和棘皮動物。

最後一章探討形態生成原則如何應用於克隆殖民生物。總結了七十年的研究，涉及形狀、功能和演化的互動，本書配有作者自己獨特的插圖和大量照片。它為讀者提供了一個框架，以提出自己的問題並提高他們在這一迷人主題上的解釋能力。

作者簡介

Professor Adolf Seilacher was one of the most influential paleontologists of the latter half of the 20th century. 　With a career spanning more than seventy years, he published his first paper in paleontology in 1943 while serving in the German Navy. After the war, he studied in Tübingen under Freiderich von Huene and Otto H. Schindewolf. In the course of his studies of paleontology and evolution, he travelled the world in search of fossils and fossil localities in order to understand the interactions of organisms (both extinct and extant) and their environment.　 He taught in Frankfurt, Baghdad, Göttingen, Baltimore, at the University of Tübingen and at Yale University. In 1992, the Swedish academy of Science awarded him the Crafoord Prize, established for scientific disciplines not originally eligible for the Nobel Prize. He was perhaps the world authority on trace fossils and constructional morphology, a field of study he pioneered in the 1970s along with architect Frei Otto. He is also known for work in biostratinomy, the study of exceptional fossil preservation and his iconoclastic interpretation of the Ediacaran biota.

 

 

Alan D. Gishlick first met Adolf Seilacher in 1995 as a graduate student at Yale University after completing his undergraduate degree at Augustana College in Illinois. He became interested in Seilacher's iconoclastic thinking as well as his unique presentation and illustration. Dr. Gishlick has worked for the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, California defending the teaching of evolution in public schools and working to improve the public understanding of science. Subsequently, he has taught at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota; University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; New York Institute of Technology; and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He started working with Seilacher on the Morphodynamics project in 2009 and, like many others over the years, got "Dolf'd".

 

 

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

教授阿道夫·賽拉赫（Adolf Seilacher）是20世紀下半葉最具影響力的古生物學家之一。其職業生涯超過七十年，他於1943年在德國海軍服役期間發表了第一篇古生物學論文。戰後，他在圖賓根（Tübingen）跟隨弗里德里希·馮·胡恩（Freiderich von Huene）和奧托·H·辛德沃夫（Otto H. Schindewolf）學習。在研究古生物學和演化的過程中，他環遊世界尋找化石和化石產地，以了解生物（包括已滅絕和現存的生物）與其環境之間的相互作用。他曾在法蘭克福、巴格達、哥廷根、巴爾的摩、圖賓根大學和耶魯大學任教。1992年，瑞典科學院授予他克拉福德獎（Crafoord Prize），該獎項是為了那些最初不符合諾貝爾獎的科學領域而設立的。他或許是痕跡化石和結構形態學的世界權威，這是他在1970年代與建築師弗萊·奧托（Frei Otto）共同開創的研究領域。他還因在生物層序學（biostratinomy）方面的研究而聞名，該研究專注於化石的特殊保存，以及他對埃迪卡拉生物群（Ediacaran biota）的非傳統詮釋。

艾倫·D·吉什利克（Alan D. Gishlick）於1995年在耶魯大學作為研究生首次遇見阿道夫·賽拉赫，當時他剛在伊利諾伊州的奧古斯塔納學院（Augustana College）完成本科學位。他對賽拉赫的非傳統思維以及其獨特的演示和插圖產生了興趣。吉什利克博士曾在加州奧克蘭的國家科學教育中心（National Center for Science Education）工作，捍衛公立學校的進化教學並致力於改善公眾對科學的理解。隨後，他在明尼蘇達州的古斯塔夫·阿道夫學院（Gustavus Adolphus College）、威斯康辛大學-厄爾克萊爾（University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire）、紐約理工學院（New York Institute of Technology）和賓夕法尼亞州布盧姆斯堡大學（Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania）任教。他於2009年開始與賽拉赫合作進行形態動力學（Morphodynamics）項目，並像許多其他人一樣，受到了“Dolf'd”的影響。

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