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Fractal gourmet

"Cauliflower is a variety of Brassica oleracea in the family Brassicaceae (the same species as broccoli, which it strongly resembles). A green cauliflower called “Romanesco” has been commercially available in Europe since about 1990. Its head is a nice example of a fractal image in nature, repeating itself in self-similarity at varying scales."

 

www.fourmilab.ch/images/Romanesco/

arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0411597

www.bordalierinstitute.com/NeuralNetworkNature.pdf

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Taken on August 26, 2009