Fractals in Biology and Medicine

In March 2000 leading scientists gathered at the Centro Seminariale
Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, for the Third International Symposium
on „Fractals 2000 in Biology and Medicine“. This interdisciplinary
conference was held over a four-day period and provided stimulating
contributions from the very topical field Fractals in Biology and
Medicine. This Volume III in the MBI series highlights the growing power
and efficacy of the fractal geometry in understanding how to analyze
living phenomena and complex shapes. Many biological objects, previously
considered as hopelessly far from any quantitative description, are now
being investigated by means of fractal methods. Researchers currently
used fractals both as theoretical tools, to shed light on living
systems` self-organization and evolution, and as useful techniques,
capable of quantitatively analyzing physiological and pathological cell
states, shapes and ultrastructures.
The book should be of interest to researchers and students from
Molecular and C