Designing Beauty: The Art of Cellular Automata

This fascinating, colourful book offers in-depth insights and first-hand working experiences in the production of art works, using simple computational models with rich morphological behaviour, at the edge of mathematics, computer science, physics and biology. It organically combines ground breaking...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Adamatzky, Andrew (Editor), Martínez, Genaro J. (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2016.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 20
Subjects:
Dynamics.
Nonlinear theories.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Applied Dynamical Systems.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:This fascinating, colourful book offers in-depth insights and first-hand working experiences in the production of art works, using simple computational models with rich morphological behaviour, at the edge of mathematics, computer science, physics and biology. It organically combines ground breaking scientific discoveries in the theory of computation and complex systems with artistic representations of the research results. In this appealing book mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, and engineers brought together marvelous and esoteric patterns generated by cellular automata, which are arrays of simple machines with complex behavior. Configurations produced by cellular automata uncover mechanics of dynamic patterns formation, their propagation and interaction in natural systems: heart pacemaker, bacterial membrane proteins, chemical rectors, water permeation in soil, compressed gas, cell division, population dynamics, reaction-diffusion media and self-organisation. The book inspires artists to take on cellular automata as a tool of creativity and it persuades scientists to convert their research results into the works of art. The book is lavishly illustrated with visually attractive examples, presented in a lively and easily accessible manner.
Physical Description:IX, 191 p. 128 illus., 60 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319272702
ISSN:2194-7295 ;
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-27270-2

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