edited by K Kawasaki (Kyushu Univ.), M Suzuki (Univ. Tokyo), & A Onuki (Kyoto Univ.)

Patterns are becoming the focal point of many areas of scientific endeavour in recent years owing to the progress of computer science, laboratory experiments and observations, and analytical tools. This book brings together articles by the leading experts in this field. The following topics are discussed in this volume: current status of pattern research with emphasis on real phenomena and new theoretical concepts; interdisciplinary subjects involving Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Fluid Mechanics, Nonequilibrium and Nonlinear Phenomena.

• Simulating Physics with Coupled Map Lattices — Pattern Dynamics, Information Flow, and Thermodynamics of Spatiotemporal Chaos (K Kaneko)
• Pattern Dynamics in Excitable Reaction-Diffusion Media (T Ohta & M Mimura)
• Statistics and Geometry of Random Interface Systems (H Tomita)
• Diffusion-Limited Aggregation and Related Problems (M Matsushita)
• Formation and Transition of Dynamical Patterns in an Evaporating Drop (R Takaki)
• Simulation of Growth Patterns in a Diffusion Field (Y Saito et al.)
• Pattern Formation of Growing Snow Crystals Dendritic Patterns and Habit Change (T Kuroda & E Yokoyama)
• Instabilities and Patterns in Elastic Materials: Gels and Solid Solutions (A Onuki)