[HN Gopher] The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants [pdf] ___________________________________________________________________ The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants [pdf] Author : rg111 Score : 20 points Date : 2023-07-24 19:39 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (algorithmicbotany.org) (TXT) w3m dump (algorithmicbotany.org) | Jorslu wrote: | I love it when computer science, programming, or anything tech | related gets related with other disciplines. Botony + Algo(Math?) | = Beauty | kaesve wrote: | There is also "The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and | Corals" | (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-04339-4), and, | my personal favorite in the series, "The Algorithmic Beauty of | Sea shells" | (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-92142-4). | | I really enjoyed reading the latter last year, because it does a | great job slowly building up. By the end, I felt like I didn't | just understand the models, but also how the author found them. I | can recognize these patterns in nature, and figure out how they | were generated. | | I spent some time last year implementing all the models described | in the book in JS: https://kaesve.nl/projects/shells . ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-07-24 23:00 UTC)