Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!bionet!WATSON.IBM.COM!cliff From: cliff@WATSON.IBM.COM ("Cliff Pickover") Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: Mathematics and Beauty Message-ID: <9105171948.AA14039@genbank.bio.net> Date: 17 May 91 19:42:40 GMT Sender: news@genbank.bio.net Lines: 21 For those of you who have followed the "Mathematics and Beauty Series" of papers, the following might be enjoyable. You can get a free copy by requesting it at the address below. The resemblance of the structures to bone and plant stalks suggest the methods could be used to create simple models of certain complicated natural structures for use in computer graphics. Pickover, C. (1991) Cleopatra's necklace and the aesthetics of osculatory growth. RC 16740 Outside IBM Research Division, order from: ITIRC Attn: Irene Sacco 500 Columbus Avenue Thornwood, NY 10594 Inside IBM Research Division, order from: Distribution Services F11-Stormytown IBM Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY 10598