Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns

Katz, Michael J.

ISBN 10: 0521306736 / ISBN 13: 9780521306737

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Hardcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; former owner's stamping on rear endpaper; otherwise in very good condition with clean text, firm binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521306736
• ISBN 13: 9780521306737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: UsedVeryGood

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Synopsis

Where does the particular form or configuration of a pattern come from, and how is it propagated from pattern to pattern? Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns provides a natural language for analysing such questions. Using it, the organisational forces that underlie the fabrication of any pattern can be divided into two classes. First, there are the 'universal laws' of pattern assembly, the configurational rules and constraints inherent within the fabric of the pattern elements themselves. Second, there are the 'templets' - external, situational constraints imposed on the pattern elements. From the perspective of templeting, simple patterns can be directly contrasted with complex patterns: the former are completely determined by their universal laws, whereas the latter also require extensive templets. Natural patterns range along the entire spectrum from simple to complex, and the most complex of these include both random patterns and many biological patterns.

Book Description

Where does the particular form or configuration of a pattern come from, and how is it propagated from pattern to pattern? Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns provides a natural language for analysing such questions.