The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants explores mathematical models of developmental processes and structures of plants, and illustrates them using state-of-the-art computer-generated images. Plant models which grow, interact with the environment, produce…

Understanding the impact of root architecture on plant resource efficiency is important, in particular, in the light of upcoming shortages of mineral fertilizers and changed environmental conditions. In the 1950s, a great number of root systems of…

Numerous studies have shown that the nucleosome is a dynamic structure that strongly influences gene expression. Dynamism concerns different nucleosomal characteristics, including position, posttranslational modifications, and histone composition.…

This book discusses theories and problems of aesthetics, beginning with chapters on aesthetics as a discipline, the nature of art, and the meaning of "beauty." the following three chapters discuss the creative process, the relation of art to myth…

Presents the poem "The Beauty of It All," by Patsy Crockett Boroviak. First Line: The gymnast balancing, staying, challenging the beam, Last Line: The human moves, performs in beauty; so like the cat.

The article reports on the plan of Kevyn Aucoin Cosmetics Inc. beauty co-founder Eric Sakas to launch Vapour Organic Beauty in the U.S. It states that Vapour Organic is a new prestige beauty company and certified organic color cosmetics collection.…

In this article the authors comment on the research paper entitled "Things That Make Me Shine: The Beauty in Interactive Products," by Marc Hassenzahl. The authors remark that the main merit of the article by Hassenzahl is that he offers a guiding…

In the Sleeping Beauty problem, beauty is uncertain whether the outcome of a certain coin toss was heads or tails. One argument suggests that her degree of belief in heads should be 1/3, while a second suggests that it should be 1/2. Prima facie,…

I first argue that aesthetic terms like 'beautiful' do indeed have a special use in the sphere of ethics, That they express a concept which is of ethical importance. I try to explain what this concept is, Partly by contrasting with the related…

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design answers this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The book calls…