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Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches

  • Written by Mitchell Newberry, Research Assistant Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico
imageTree branches in art throughout history follow geometric rules related to fractal geometry. 'Almond blossom' by Vincent van Gogh.Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I’m starting to think so.

Piet Mondrian was an early...

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