Nature by Numbers
March 23, 2010 6:19 PM Subscribe
Nature by Numbers is a new animated short film by Cristóbal Vila (previously) inspired by some mathematical constructs found in nature. (via)
saw this this morning, had to watch it 4 or 5 times, each time realizing more and more math concepts in ways I hadn't previously in my 33 years. This = full of win.
posted by daq at 7:15 PM on March 23, 2010
posted by daq at 7:15 PM on March 23, 2010
Sadly, though. The nautilus shell doesn't actually form a golden spiral. There's so many places to find beautiful mathematics in nature, but we're unfortunately stuck with this one classic example that just isn't true. Let me see if I can dig up some links to back me up here...
posted by ErWenn at 8:09 PM on March 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by ErWenn at 8:09 PM on March 23, 2010 [2 favorites]
The Pentagonal Cycle of Venus aka Earth-Venus synodic cycle
posted by hortense at 9:53 PM on March 23, 2010
posted by hortense at 9:53 PM on March 23, 2010
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