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Patterns and motif in the natural world repeat and resemble each other!
Take, for example:
DID YOU KNOW?
spirals
Found on the shells of snails, but also in the shape of galaxies…
VEINS
From rivers, leaves, to our blood vessels...
STRIPES
From zebras to angelfish!
In fact, it is argued that the size and spacing of natural patterns are determined according to the number pi; the Fibonacci sequence is said to be able explain the natural growth of a rabbit population, but also to be represented in the pattern of a seashell; and fractals are said to explain the growth of plants with repetitive shapes such as the fascinating romanesco cabbage, as well as explain other natural phenomena such as heartbeat rhythms.
The romanesco cabbage with its pyramidal, spiral-shaped florets.
© Ivar Leidus
Clearly, although it may be hard to believe, nature leaves nothing to chance!
Indeed, although nature may seem far removed from the world of mathematics, from the number pi, to the Fibonacci sequence, to fractals, it has been demonstrated that nature has a pretty important mathematical side!
Alan Turing, early 20th century mathematician and father of modern computing, suggested a mathematical model to explain the creation of patterns in nature
According to him, their formation is influenced by morphogenesis, a set of laws that will determine what organisms will look like when still in the embryonic stage.
ART & SCIENCE
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT…
The relationship between nature and mathematic?
Each cylindrical Biolumen module has a perforated outer layer. The patterns you see are directly inspired by those on the skeletons of radiolaria, the oceanic microorganisms that inspire this work.
ChoOse one or more biolumen modules which bear your favorite motifs, then try to identify another motif of the natural world they remind you of.
ChoOse one or more biolumen modules which bear your favorite motifs, then try to identify another motif of the natural world they remind you of.