Table of Contents

PART I

Introduction The Dynamic Torus, A Genetic Algorithm for Organic Form The Multi-Torus, Least Common Denominator of Complex Form The Steps in Toroidal Topology Which Account for the Phyletic Form Glossary for a Proposed Solution to the Problem of Complex Organic Design The Geometry and Mechanics of Self-Organization The Phenomena of Self-Organization The Body -- The Mechanical Origins of the Bilateral Body Form A Model Theory of Form by Biological Self-Organization   The Code   The Topological Origami of Embryogenesis      Segmentation      Condensation      Morphogenetic Field      Mosaic Enlargement      Regeneration      The Evolution of Morphogenesis      Immortal Germ Plasm      The Inheritance of Form      Punctuated Equilibrium      Dynamic Morphogenesis      From Egg to Embryo - A Recapitulation      Topological Embryogenesis      Mechanical Induction      The Role of the Genes      Embryology vs. Genetics      Astrobiology -- Is there any? Animal Instinct and Morphogenetic Fields, a Theory of Biological Behavior Plates

PART II

Academic Papers and Publications Excerpt, Do We Need an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis?, Massimo Pigliucci Heterochrony - Stephen Jay Gould’s Theory of Evolution, Stuart Pivar Excerpt, Ontogeny and Phylogeny, Stephen Jay Gould Excerpt, Darwinian Fundamentalism, Stephen Jay Gould Nomogenetic Biology and its Western Counterparts, Sabine Brauckmann, Kalevi Kull Phase diagrams and shape transformations of toroidal vesicles, Frank Jülicher, Udo Seifert, and Reinhard Lipowsky A Gene Regulatory Network Subcircuit Drives a Dynamic Pattern of Gene Expression, Joel Smith, Christina Theodoris, Eric H. Davidson The “Re-discovery” of Morphogenic Fields, Scott F. Gilbert Mechanical Induction of Twist in the Drosophila Foregut/Stomodeal Primordium, Emmanuel Farge From Sphere to Torus: A Topological View of the Metazoan Body Plan, H. Jockusch and A. Dress Polygonal Networks in Living Chick Embryonic Cells, Grenham W. Irelander and Frank C. T. Voon Excerpt, Ultimate Computing, Stuart R. Hameroff

PART III

Excerpt, On Growth and Form, D’Arcy Thompson Foreword, Investigations, Stuart Kauffman Review: Self Organization vs. Gene Regulation, K. Hall and R. Milner