Emergent or Otherwise? CMSC/BIOL 361 Emergence 1/22/08
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable ( From Goldstein 1999 )
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Viscosity (From
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Möbius Strip ( From Barrow 2007) ( From Polthier 2003 )
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Climate (From
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Tornado
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Earthquakes (from the TERASHAKE simulation)
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Networks (From
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable The World Wide Web (From Barrow 2007)
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Food Webs
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable The Brain (From
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Brownian Motion
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Fractals
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Allotropes DiamondGraphiteLonsdaleite BuckyballFullerines AmorphousNanotube
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Chemical Compounds (from Wikipedia)
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Minerals
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
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
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Proteins (From
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity Collective Behavior UnexpectedUnpredictable Cells
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Flocking
Emergent Non-linearCoherentDynamicSelf-OrganizationComplexity UnexpectedUnpredictable Communities