Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; References; 1 Early Observations; Abstract; 1.1 Peter Munck; 1.2 Gustav Fechner; 1.3 Friedlieb Runge; 1.4 Quincke Georg; References; 2 Liesegang Rings and the Other Periodic Phenomena; Abstract; 2.1 Liesegang Rings; 2.2 Liesegang's Biography; 2.3 Wilhelm Ostwald; 2.4 Suzanne Veil; 2.5 Liesegang Rings in Russia; 2.6 Liesegang Rings in India; 2.7 Liesegang Rings from the Point of View of Mathematical Physics; References; 3 A Research Area; Abstract; 3.1 Introductory Comments

3.2 Mathematical Foundations of the Theory of the Periodic Reactions: Lotka, Hirniak3.2.1 Alfred Lotka; 3.2.2 Julian Hirniak; 3.3 The Phenomenon of Four Books; 3.4 Thermokinetic Oscillations; References; 4 The Belousov Reaction; Abstract; 4.1 Introductory Comments; 4.2 The Belousov Discovery; 4.3 Biography of Boris Pavlovich Belousov; 4.4 Oscillations in Analytical Chemistry; 4.5 From Radiation Toxicology to Periodic Reaction; 4.6 The Dialectics of Continuity and Discontinuity; 4.7 Why Belousov's Paper Has Not Been Published?; References; 5 The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction; Abstract

5.1 The Ideology of Biorhythms and Biological Clocks5.2 The Ideology of Self-oscillations; 5.3 Applied Mathematics; 5.4 The I. Prigogine Nonlinear Thermodynamics; References; 6 The American Line; Abstract; 6.1 The W. Bray Reaction; 6.2 From the Bray Reaction to the BZ Reaction; 6.3 The FKN Mechanism and Oregonator; References; Conclusion; Bibliography