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4 kottke.org posts about patterns

 

Fractal bacteria

Petri fractals

Pruned has collected some lovely petri dish scenes full of fractal patterns.

Billions and billions of bacterial landscape architects pruning -- no less in environments poisoned with antibiotics -- other bacterial landscape architects, dead or alive, to form dazzling arabesque parterres. The self-organizing embroidery of organisms in constant Darwinian mode.

More here. See also ferrofluid.

By Jason Kottke  •  Mar 2, 2006  •  art   bacteria   biology   fractals   patterns   science

An investigation into the properties of number

An investigation into the properties of number spirals (and prime numbers).

By Jason Kottke  •  Dec 7, 2005  •  mathematics   patterns   primenumbers

I think I have a new favorite

I think I have a new favorite liquid: ferrofluid. Apply a magnetic field to it and you get some pretty and pretty weird patterns. Watch the videos...the formation of a rotating "H" mongram in the first linked movie is mesmerizing (almost literally). (thx, alex)

By Jason Kottke  •  Dec 5, 2005  •  ferrofluids   patterns   science   video

How Einstein & Darwin wrote letters, people

How Einstein & Darwin wrote letters, people write email, and birds forage for food may reveal general patterns in how animals decide among competing tasks.

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 27, 2005  •  Albert Einstein   albertlaszlobarabasi   biology   Charles Darwin   patterns   science

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