The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells

• Main Author: Meinhardt, Hans (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Virtual Laboratory,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Fine arts.; Computer graphics.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Fine Arts.; Life Sciences, general.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.; Computer Graphics.

The patterns on the shells of tropical sea snails are not only compellingly beautiful but also tell a tale of biological development. The decorative patterns are records of their own genesis, which follows laws like those of dune formation or the spread of a flu epidemic. Hans Meinhardt has analyzed...