Spirals and Vortices

<p>Part 1 Introduction (S. Müller and/or N.N.).-&nbsp;Cultural History.-&nbsp;The Arts.-&nbsp;Appearance in Nature.- Part 2.&nbsp;Mathematical Basis (A. Polezhaev, Moscow).- Part 3.&nbsp;Laboratory experiments.- Liesegang Structures (S. Dietrich, TU Berlin).-&nbsp;Chemical oscillations and spiral waves (M. Hauser, Uni Magdeburg).-&nbsp;Heterogeneous catalysis (H. Rotermund,&nbsp;Canada).- Stability issues and external control (O. Steinbock, University of Florida).-Part 4. Applications to Biology, Physiology, and Medicine.-&nbsp;Patterns in the slime mould (C. Weijer, University of Dundee, Scotland).-&nbsp;Calcium waves in biological cells (M. Falcke, Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin).-&nbsp;Dynamics of the heart (A. Panfilov, University of Gent, Belgium).-&nbsp;Waves during epileptic seizures (G. Baier, University College London, U.K.).-&nbsp;Patterns in eyes and on tongues (N. Manz, Wooster-College, Wooster, Ohio, U.S.A.).- Part 5&nbsp;Theoretical Considerations.-&nbsp;Kinematic approach </p>(V. Zykov, MPI Göttingen).-&nbsp;Reaction-Diffusion structures (M. Bär, PTB Berlin).-&nbsp;Other models, e.g. Cellular Automata (N.N.).- Part 6 Universality (N.N.)<p></p><div><br></div>