Life Unfolding

Davies, Jamie A. 2015 Oxford University Press 312 Davies, Jamie A. (Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Professor of Expe Paperback / softback

How can something as complex as a human body create itself from a single fertilized egg? Drawing on ideas from physics and network theory as well as genetics and embryology, Jamie Davies describes the fascinating picture emerging from the latest research, in which complexity builds up through 'adaptive self-organization'.