December 1, 2011

Solar bottle bulbs in Manila, Philippines

December 1, 2011

Andy Goldsworthy, Dandelions

(Source: goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk)

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December 1, 2011
"Why is it that the silhouette of a storm-bent leafless tree against an evening sky in winter is perceived as beautiful, but the corresponding silhouette of any multi-purpose university building is not, in spite of all efforts of the architect? The answer seems to me, even if somewhat speculative, to follow from the new insights into dynamical systems. Our feeling for beauty is inspired by the harmonious arrangement of order and disorder as it occurs in natural objects—in clouds, trees, mountain ranges, or snow crystals."

— Gert Eilenberger, German physicist and nonlinear scientist, 1986

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