Turing systems: models of structure formation in nature?

Academy professor Kimmo Kaski, HUT/LCE

Alan Turing is one of the greatest scientists of 20th century. His contributions to mathematics, computer science and physics are well-known to most of us. But that is not all, with his seminal paper ‘The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis’ in 1952 studying the dynamical formation of biological structures. For this reason he can also be considered as the father of Mathematical Biology. Thus a short overview of Turing ideas will be given.