TY  - GEN
AU  - Christina Hueschen 
AU  - Rob Phillips
AU  - Illustrated by Nigel Orme
TI  - The restless cell: : continuum theories of living matter
SN  - 9780691236360
AV  - QH307.2.H84 
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
N1  - Part I   The Field Theory Revolution 
Part II  The Classical Field Theories of Matter
Part III Restless and Tangled Fields of Biology
N2  - Christina Hueschen and Rob Phillips begin by illustrating how classical field theory has been used by physicists to describe the transport of matter by diffusion, the elastic deformations of solids, and the flow of fluids. Drawing on physical insights from the study of diffusion, they introduce readers to the continuum theory protocol—a step-by-step framework for developing equations that describe matter as a continuum—and show how these methods and concepts can be generalized to the study of living, energy-consuming matter. Hueschen and Phillips then present a range of engaging biological case studies across scales, such as the symmetry breaking that occurs in developing embryos, the perpetual flows that take place in giant algal cells, and the herding of wildebeest on the plains of the Serengeti.

An essential resource for students and researchers in biological physics and quantitative biology, The Restless Cell gives complete derivations of all calculations and features illustrations by Nigel Orme that seamlessly bridge conceptual models and continuum descriptions of living matter. --- summary provided by publisher
ER  -