[NetBehaviour] Morphogenesis Part 1 - Goethe, D’Arcy Thompson & Turing – A little collection of notes.

marc garrett marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Thu Sep 13 13:29:44 CEST 2007


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



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