 Kore7 says: The seeds of a sunflower, the spines of a cactus, and the bracts of a pine cone all grow in whirling spiral patterns. Remarkable for their complexity and beauty, they also show consistent mathematical patterns that scientists have been striving to understand.For the first time, scientists have found convincing biochemical mechanisms responsible for the interlocking spiral growth patterns seen in many plants. (The Romanesco broccoli plant is a striking example.) The video of the experiment with magnetized liquid iron droplets demonstrates how the geometry of such growth could occur in nature. Awesome! Ain't nature grand! Just incredibly organized and structured, yet beautifully, surprisingly original with unfathomable variations. Yeah, Awesome!! Wow Jason you have managed to make my brain hurt in the early early morn!  Ah, the beauty of mathematics If I've hurt at least one person's head before breakfast, I know it's going to be a good day.  A team in Beijing has discovered how Fibonacci spirals can arise in nature due strictly to certain geometrical situations. I must say, the underlying mechanics of this theory and the hormone concentration theory appear to be manifestations of the same energy-minimizing phenomenon. Either way, it's awesome to get a peek at why nature is attracted to such beautiful bio-mathematical structures in the first place. When the Elements were identified, they were discovered to be in an ordered, consistent sequence. Their properties were able to be calculated mathematically, and observed physically. Nature takes the path of least resistance. and it must be absolutely practical and consistent with structures developed from less elaborate elements.Nature doesn't have opinions, ideas, or assumptions to fill gaps. Plants for example can show us mathematics without human involvement, god or not, we didn't invent ourselves. Sometimes when we want to work something out, we can find out nature has been working the answer for billions of years. When we learn to speak it's language, nature will show us some of the... |
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