Contents: Introduction: Claudio Bartocci, Luciano Boi and Corrado Sinigaglia i Part I: Geometry, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology The Emergence of Algebraic Geometry in Contemporary Physics CLAUDIO BARTOCCI and UGO BRUZZO 3 Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry MAURO CARFORA 17 The de Sitter and Anti-de Sitter Universes UGO MOSCHELLA 35 Geometry and Topology in Relativistic Cosmology JEAN-PIERRE LUMINET 81 Part II: The Problem of Space in Neurosciences Space Coding in the Cerebral Cortex LEONARDO FOGASSI 107 Action and Space Representation ANNA BERTI and ALESSIA FOLEGATTI 127 The Space Representations in the Brain CLAUDIO BROZZOLI and ALESSANDRO FARNÈ 137 The Enactive Constitution of Space CORRADO SINIGAGLIA and CHIARA BROZZO 157 Part III: Geometrical Methods in the Biological Sciences Causes and Symmetries in Natural Sciences: The Continuum and the Discrete in Mathematical Modelling FRANCIS BAILLY and GIUSEPPE LONGO 173 Topological Invariants of Geometrical Surfaces and the Protein Folding Problem R. A. BROGLIA 211 The Geometry of Dense Packing and Biological Structures J.-F. SADOC 221 When Topology and Biology Meet 'For Life': The Interactions Between Topological Forms and Biological Functions LUCIANO BOI 243
New trends in geometry, and its role in natural and living sciences
BARTOCCI, CLAUDIO;
2011-01-01
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Contents: Introduction: Claudio Bartocci, Luciano Boi and Corrado Sinigaglia i Part I: Geometry, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology The Emergence of Algebraic Geometry in Contemporary Physics CLAUDIO BARTOCCI and UGO BRUZZO 3 Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry MAURO CARFORA 17 The de Sitter and Anti-de Sitter Universes UGO MOSCHELLA 35 Geometry and Topology in Relativistic Cosmology JEAN-PIERRE LUMINET 81 Part II: The Problem of Space in Neurosciences Space Coding in the Cerebral Cortex LEONARDO FOGASSI 107 Action and Space Representation ANNA BERTI and ALESSIA FOLEGATTI 127 The Space Representations in the Brain CLAUDIO BROZZOLI and ALESSANDRO FARNÈ 137 The Enactive Constitution of Space CORRADO SINIGAGLIA and CHIARA BROZZO 157 Part III: Geometrical Methods in the Biological Sciences Causes and Symmetries in Natural Sciences: The Continuum and the Discrete in Mathematical Modelling FRANCIS BAILLY and GIUSEPPE LONGO 173 Topological Invariants of Geometrical Surfaces and the Protein Folding Problem R. A. BROGLIA 211 The Geometry of Dense Packing and Biological Structures J.-F. SADOC 221 When Topology and Biology Meet 'For Life': The Interactions Between Topological Forms and Biological Functions LUCIANO BOI 243I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.