Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology

Nature provides many examples of coherent nonlinear
structures and waves,   and these have been observed and
studied in various fields ranging from      fluids and plasmas
through solid-state physics to chemistry and biology.      These
proceedings reflect the remarkable process in understanding
and   modeling nonlinear phenomena in various systems that has
recently been made. Experimental, numerical, and theoretical
activities interact in various      studies that are presented
according to the following classification:         magnetic and
optical systems, biosystems and molecular systems,                  lattice
excitations and localized modes, two-dimensional                              structures,
theoretical physics, and mathematical methods.
The book      addresses researchers and graduate students from
biology, engineering,         mathematics, and physics.