The movement of waves, patterns that carry sound, light or heat, through materials has been widely studied by physicists, as ...
To most people, “symmetry” means the bilateral symmetry exhibited by, say, a butterfly, or the human face. That is, if you take a picture of a butterfly and draw a straight line down the middle of the ...
Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.
The human visual system excels in interpreting complex visual scenes, with symmetry perception playing a pivotal role in organising sensory input into coherent representations. Visual symmetry ...
A slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. Credit...Miki Kim Supported by By Rhonda Garelick Rhonda Garelick is ...
Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments. These patterns appear so consistently that […] ...