Comments on: The Mathematical Lives of Plants. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:40:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ahmet alp balkan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-133681 ahmet alp balkan Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:55:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/#comment-133681 http://goldennumber.net is a good site to research Fibonacci Serie and Golden Ratio (phi) http://goldennumber.net is a good site to research Fibonacci Serie and Golden Ratio (phi)

]]> By: astanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-107549 astanhope Tue, 08 May 2007 20:11:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/#comment-107549 Along these lines... I was in Paris in October with my folks. We saw this strange and beautiful vegetable at a farmer's market on the street: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/astanhope/372201183/in/set-72157594504329875/" rel="nofollow">Strange Vegetable Pic</a> What sort of mathematics are behind something like that? P.S. I think it was some sort of cauliflower. Along these lines...

I was in Paris in October with my folks. We saw this strange and beautiful vegetable at a farmer's market on the street:

Strange Vegetable Pic

What sort of mathematics are behind something like that?

P.S. I think it was some sort of cauliflower.

]]> By: zxo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-107517 zxo Tue, 08 May 2007 18:26:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/08/the-mathematical-lives-of-plants/#comment-107517 If you have access to the scientific journal Applied Physics Letters (through a university or other subscription), there is a neat article by some scientists who have recently managed to recreate the Fibonacci spiral pattern by self-assembly in the laboratory. They suggest it comes about as a result of energy minimization on the surface of a cone, which is why it would appear so often in nature (less energy spent growing = more energy devoted to survival). <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cbh7a" rel="nofollow">Clicky</a> If you have access to the scientific journal Applied Physics Letters (through a university or other subscription), there is a neat article by some scientists who have recently managed to recreate the Fibonacci spiral pattern by self-assembly in the laboratory. They suggest it comes about as a result of energy minimization on the surface of a cone, which is why it would appear so often in nature (less energy spent growing = more energy devoted to survival).

Clicky

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