Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Granada, Spain, October 1991, with the objective of bringing together physicists and biologists with a common interest in pattern growth and in applying new tools across the areas of their disciplines to explore the similarities and difference

During the past decade interest in the formation of complex disorderly patterns far from equilibrium has grown rapidly. This interest has been stim- ulated by the development of new approaches (based primarily on fractal geometry) to the quantitative description of complex structures, increased understanding of non-linear phenomena and the introduction of a variety of models (such as the diffusion-limited aggregation model) that provide paradigms for non-equilibrium growth phenomena. Advances in computer technology have played a crucial role in both the experimental and theoret- ical aspects...