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I shall describe a Turing type reaction diffusion model which helped
explain the diversity of animal coat patterns and then describe an
experimentally verified morphogenetic model for biological pattern formation
in development. I shall describe a surprisingly informative model, currently
used medically, for quantifying the growth of brain tumours and enhancing
imaging techniques which is used to estimate patient life expectancy and explain
a major reason why some patients live longer than others. Finally I shall
describe an example from the social sciences, which quantifies marital
interaction which is used to predict divorce and has helped design a new
scientific marital therapy which is currently in practice.
(The talk will be understandable to a general scientific,
rather than primarily for a mathematical, audience.)
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