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1 Emergent or Otherwise? CMSC/BIOL 361 Emergence 1/22/08

2 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable ( From Goldstein 1999 )

3 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Viscosity (From www.chemistryexplained.com/Kr-Ma/Liquids.html)www.chemistryexplained.com/Kr-Ma/Liquids.html

4 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Möbius Strip ( From Barrow 2007) ( From Polthier 2003 )

5 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Climate (From http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/gallery/oceans/NinoNina_L.jpg)http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/gallery/oceans/NinoNina_L.jpg

6 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Tornado

7 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Earthquakes (from the TERASHAKE simulation)

8 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Networks (From http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/networks/)http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/networks/

9 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable The World Wide Web (From Barrow 2007)

10 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Food Webs

11 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable The Brain (From www.alz.org)

12 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Brownian Motion

13 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Fractals

14 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Allotropes DiamondGraphiteLonsdaleite BuckyballFullerines AmorphousNanotube

15 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Chemical Compounds (from Wikipedia)

16 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Minerals

17 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Proteins N OH R H N O H R H N OH R H N O H R H N O H R H N O H R H N O H R H N O H R H Side chain H-bond Backbone Amino acid Proteins consist of a long chain of amino acids, the primary structure

18 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Proteins The constituent amino acids may encourage hydrogen bonding that form regular structures, called secondary structures The secondary structures fold together to form a compact 3-dimensional shape, called the tertiary structure  -helix  -sheet

19 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Proteins (From http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/Apr-01-2005.html)http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/Apr-01-2005.html

20 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Cells

21 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Flocking

22 Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Communities


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