Structural Stability and Morphogenesis

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book scientific monograph

Structural Stability and Morphogenesis is René Thom’s seminal work that founded catastrophe theory, applying advanced topology to explain how continuous processes can lead to sudden qualitative changes in natural and social systems.

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Catastrophe Theory	1
Stabilité structurelle et morphogenèse	1
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ scientific monograph ⓘ
approach	studies how continuous processes yield discontinuous outcomes ⓘ uses advanced topology to model discontinuities ⓘ
author	René Thom NERFINISHED ⓘ
contribution	classified elementary catastrophes ⓘ founded catastrophe theory as a systematic framework ⓘ introduced topological methods to study sudden qualitative changes ⓘ
field	catastrophe theory ⓘ dynamical systems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ theoretical biology ⓘ topology ⓘ
hasTranslation	English ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major contribution to qualitative theory of dynamical systems ⓘ seminal work in the development of catastrophe theory ⓘ
influenced	economics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ theoretical biology ⓘ
influencedWork	popularizations of catastrophe theory in the 1970s ⓘ
notableConcept	cusp catastrophe NERFINISHED ⓘ elementary catastrophes ⓘ fold catastrophe ⓘ morphogenetic fields ⓘ structurally stable systems ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	Stabilité structurelle et morphogenèse NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear	1972 ⓘ
publisher	W. A. Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	applications of topology to natural sciences ⓘ applications of topology to social sciences ⓘ bifurcation theory ⓘ morphogenesis ⓘ qualitative change in systems ⓘ singularity theory ⓘ structural stability ⓘ

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