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The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
Prusinkiewicz, P. (University Of Calgary, Canada); Lindenmayer, A. (University Of Utrecht, Netherlands)
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The beauty of plants has attracted the attention of mathematicians for Mathematics centuries. Conspicuous geometric features such as the bilateral sym and beauty metry of leaves, the rotational symmetry of flowers, and the helical arrangements of scales in pine cones have been studied most exten sively. This focus is reflected in a quotation from Weyl [159, page 3], "Beauty is bound up with symmetry. " This book explores two other factors that organize plant structures and therefore contribute to their beauty. The first is the elegance and relative simplicity of developmental algorithms, that is, the rules which describe plant development ... Read more
The beauty of plants has attracted the attention of mathematicians for Mathematics centuries. Conspicuous geometric features such as the bilateral sym and beauty metry of leaves, the rotational symmetry of flowers, and the helical arrangements of scales in pine cones have been studied most exten sively. This focus is reflected in a quotation from Weyl [159, page 3], "Beauty is bound up with symmetry. " This book explores two other factors that organize plant structures and therefore contribute to their beauty. The first is the elegance and relative simplicity of developmental algorithms, that is, the rules which describe plant development ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387946764
SKU
V9780387946764
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Reviews for The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
"This marvelous book will occupy an important place in the scientific literature."
Prof. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, author of The Beauty of Fractals "...will perform a valuable service by popularizing this enlightening and bewitching form of mathematics."
Steven Levy "...full of delights and an excellent introduction to L-systems"
Alvy Ray Smith, IEEE Graphics and its Applications
Prof. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, author of The Beauty of Fractals "...will perform a valuable service by popularizing this enlightening and bewitching form of mathematics."
Steven Levy "...full of delights and an excellent introduction to L-systems"
Alvy Ray Smith, IEEE Graphics and its Applications