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more about #math atlasfugged: In addition to Daniel White's site (Annalee provides the link above), here is some additional information, including snippets of code for those who ar... more » Guang: So when do we get a 3d one that we can zoom in on, so we can see the pretty repeating patterns? more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Behold, the nature's living fractal. more » albar: Here's a link to far better images of the Mandelbulb: [www.skytopia.com] more » alexkap090909: Looks like something Solaris might manifest on its surface. more » SpammerOvTheGods: if there is a god, mathematics is how he talks. beautiful. #@! more » reckoner23: The first one? more » Indigen: It looks damn ugly to me. I think anyone who finds it attractive hasn't walked in enough woods or seen enough infections. It looks like something dise... more » Lunargent: Now, make it for me in a nice resin so I can put it in a pot of dirt, paint it green and never have to water it! more » Derek Pegritz: Fractals don't emulate anything in nature: nature is built on mathematics. more » DrMathochist: It's one possible generalization, but the creators tweaked it until they found something that looks neat. Not to disparage it, but it's not really qu... more » Dirk Anger: hmmm that looks like somethin my mom cooks... but in green more » Hypnosifl: This post needs a link to the website of the guy who created the image, since the site includes lots more beautiful images and also his explanation of... more » Shai: Do fractals emulate natural patterns, or do natural patterns emulate fractals? more » LoganAdams: I thought that was a tree fungus when I first saw it. It's stunning and oddly beautiful. more » breccia: I think Donut Mitosis would look awesome above my fireplace. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Aww... how cute. Which isn't something I normally attribute to the Sierpinski Triange and Geneology charts (that IS the egg thing, right?) more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: This guy is amazing! (except the egg thing is so fake) I now need two Krispy Kremes, a box of Triscuits, and a bag of gummi bears. more » Soupytwist: Love the clouds in the coffee. Carly Simon would be pleased, I think. more » Eldritch: I.... I have no idea what almost all of these are. Sometimes I wish I knew more about science. Sadly, it all makes my brain hurt and I can't underst... more » -
#mathporn
The First Three-Dimensional Image of a Mandelbrot Fractal Is Stunning
Behold the "Mandelbulb." This is a three-dimensional image created using the Mandelbrot set, a mathematical structure whose edges form fractals. The result is something that looks like an alien tree. Which isn't surprising, since fractals emulate patterns in nature. More » -
#conceptart
Photographs Show the Tasty Side of Math and Science
Kevin Van Aelst's photographs display scientific and mathematical concepts using donuts, eggs, candy, and cake, creating images that are both informative and mouth-watering. More » -
#mathporn
Dynamical Systems Create Mathematical Art and Porn
Dynamical systems are mathematical models in which each point's movement over time is set by a fixed rule. While these systems have some practical uses, such as tracking wildlife migration patterns or measuring the flow of water through a pipe, they can also create stunningly beautiful images. The University of Liverpool has put up a gallery of dynamical systems images, like the one above, which shows a four-dimensional system expressed in two dimensions. Sometimes, dynamical systems even create math porn. More » -
#specialeffects
Light-in-Fog Computer Simulation Is Ultra Realistic and Cheap
Now your computer can simulate the movement of light through fog in a way that will easily fool the untrained eye. Using new "photon mapping" algorithms that map how light would bounce off water particles in the air (i.e. fog), UC San Diego computer scientists can now whip up a quick, realistic fog world for a videogame or movie without a lot of expensive computer power. Compare the photon mapped image above, with what the same amount of computing power would have produced without the algorithm, below. More » -
#art
Japanese Art Exhibit Makes You Do Math
Staring at paintings can be so boring. As we become smarter and more computer-like, less of us are able to enjoy the purity of fine art. That's why modern museums are using more floor space and less wall space to accommodate exhibits like this one, created by a mathematician and a new media specialist, which makes you do math problems using an RFID card and your own internal logic circuits. Mori Art Museum via Tokyomango -
