Morphogenesis Part 1 - Goethe, D’Arcy Thompson & Turing – A little collection of notes.
"I’ve been interested in morphology and morphogenesis for as long as I can remember - the shapes of tissues, formation of organs, the geometry of plants, the structures, colors and patterns of all living things. Books like ‘Art forms in Nature’ by Ernst Haeckel, with its spectacular (and sometimes speculative) illustrations and ‘On Growth and Form’ by D’Arcy Thompson both fuelled this interest among other books. The latter book is a rich blend of philosophy, literature, and mathematical principles, well researched from an historical point of view, leading to a poetic treatise on morphology. There no question that D’Arcy Thompson studied the work of polymath Goethe, who also was a keen observer of nature and its underlying forms. Goethe’s theory of plant metamorphosis stipulated that all plant formation stems from a modification of the leaf..." more... http://dataisnature.com/?p=392 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
