drb
logo



"QUANTUM SHOT" #133(rev)
Link - article by Avi Abrams




If You Eat This, Will You Become Better At Math?

You probably have seen it before, but this particular vegetable never ceases to amaze me:





This is the "Chou Romanesco" cauliflower (more info). "When you come across it in a grocery store... on first encounter it's hard to imagine you're looking at a garden vegetable rather than an alien artifact created with molecular nanotechnology." (source). Romanesco broccoli is also called "Brocciflower", among with the "Green Cauliflower" variety.



(bottom image credit: Benjamin Pender)


More cabbage weirdness:




(images credit: Tuffen, Narcissa)


Fractals in Nature

Wired Magazine has collected an impressive gallery of natural fractal patterns, plus this article cites many similar examples and logarithmic growth spirals found in nature. Various fern plants display great fractal geometry:


(images via)


Many Aloe Vera plants (in this case Aloe polyphylla) proudly display a Fibonacci spiral:


(image credit: Colin Warren)


Classic seashell geometry is often based on a logarithmic growth spiral:


(this is a shell of the marine mollusc Nautilus, via)


Fractal virus and bacterial colonies look like abstract paintings or wallpaper patterns:





(images via Science News)


A Fractal Lighting

These are fractal formations created during a powerful electrical discharge: so-called "Lichtenberg Figures", they become visible on rocks, wood, and even people, after these objects and unfortunate humans get struck by lightning. This particular pattern (shown below) appeared while exposing a rotating cylinder of lucite to an electron beam:


(image via)


The Cornstarch Monster

While you may be eating vegetables which look like fractals, be on the lookout for a hungry fractal-blob monster eager to leap out and eat you! Check out this very active and dynamic "cornstarch life-form", which also displays fractal and wave-patterns geometry in its unspeakable dance (activated and controlled by sound waves):






CONTINUE TO "PRE-FRACTAL ART"! ->





RECENT ARTICLES:

Visual Caffeine #8
Visual Caffeine, Issue 8

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Visual Caffeine #7
Visual Caffeine, Issue 7

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Art Deco
Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update

Wings, Gears, & Glamorous Ladies

1970s SciFi
DRB Pics-of-the-Day

Grand Space Adventure 1970s Art



"Dark Roasted Blend" - All Kinds of Weird and Wonderful Things, Discovered Daily!"

DRB is a top-ranked and respected source for the best in art, travel and fascinating technology, with a highly eclectic presentation. Our in-depth articles in many categories make DRB a valued online magazine, bringing you quality info and entertainment every time you visit the site - About DRB

Connect with us and become part of DRB on Facebook and Twitter.



YOUR COMMENTS::

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is a simple fractal discovered many centuries ago in Italy by a mathematician theorizing reproduction of rabbits.

Start with 1.1 and 1 equals 2. 1 and 2 equals 3. 2 and 3 equals 5. 3 and 5 equals 8. 5 and 8 equals 13.

This simple pattern produces ratios found in nature, where these particular numbers (5 and 8, 8 and 13) appear.

Something else. The ratio of the numbers produces the Golden Ratio.

___  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Mathematics is the language of Nature".

___  
Blogger Bhavika said...

nice:) we love fractals so much, we have a blog called Fractal Enlightenment.:) its all around, nature's creation

___  
Anonymous beef recipes said...

I am always amazed to see how much nature and maths are linked together. Math tries to explain stuff as good as it can, but nature is always one step ahead. Great food pictures, it just look amazing!

___  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I was studying Forestry in the 80's what always amazed me was the part of a tree or plan called the Apical Meristem, its the point or apex at which the plant produces new length etc. The Green Cauliflower or Broccoflower is a good example of a giant Apical meristem, the proliferation of meristems , I believe, make that fractal like geometry,

___  

Post a Comment

<< Home


SF ART & BOOK REVIEWS:
Don't miss: The Ultimate Guide to NEW SF&F Writers!
Fiction Reviews: Classic Cyberpunk: Extreme Fiction
Short Fiction Reviews: Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" (with pics)
New Fiction Reviews: The Surreal Office



READ OTHER RECENT ARTICLES:


Abandoned, Dieselpunk
DRB Pic-of-the-Day

Abandoned: Streamlined Three-wheeler

Visual Caffeine #6
Visual Caffeine, Issue 6

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Visual Caffeine #5
Visual Caffeine, Issue 5

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Hellish Weather on Other Planets

Wild, Untamed, and Uncut

Medieval Suits of Armor

Metal Body Suits vs. Weapons of Medieval Destruction

World's Strangest Theme Parks

Amusement to the (twisted) extremes!

Enchanting Victorian Fairy Tale Art

"Then world behind and home ahead..."

Adorable Pedal Cars

Collectable Pedal Vehicles Showcase


Japanese Arcades: Gundam Pods & Other Guilty Pleasures

These machines have gone up to the next level


Modernist Tallinn Architecture

Delicious blend of old and new!


Early Supercomputers: A Visual Overview

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons"


Futuristic Concept Cars of the 1970-80s

French, Italian & Japanese rare beauties


Epic 1970s French Space Comic Art

DRB Time-Slice: Valérian and Laureline


The Trees Are Escaping! The Abandoned Prison in French Guiana

"Great Escape" from the Devil's Island



FULL ARCHIVES
(with previews, fast loading):

2022/16
2015/14
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

Link Lattes

Feel-Good & Biscotti Issues





CATEGORIES:
Feel-Good! | airplanes | animals | architecture | art | auto | boats | books | cool ads | famous | futurism | food
gadgets | health | japan | internet | link latte | military | music | nature | photo | russia | steampunk
sci-fi & fantasy | signs | space | technology | trains | travel | vintage | weird | abandoned