After 1952: The later development of Alan Turing's ideas on the mathematics of pattern formation

• Published in: Historia mathematica Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 49 - 64
• Main Author: Dawes, Jonathan H.P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Mathematical biology; Morphogenesis; Nonlinear dynamics; Reaction–diffusion theory; Morphogenesis; 01A60; Nonlinear dynamics; 92C15; Reaction–diffusion theory; 92C80; Mathematical biology; 35K57

The paper ‘The chemical basis of morphogenesis’ [Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 237, 37–72 (1952)] by Alan Turing remains hugely influential in the development of mathematical biology as a field of research and was his only published work in the area. In this paper I discuss the later development of h...