Dedicated to Alasdair Turner, who passed away last October.
From Wikipedia: A Belousov - Zhabotinsky reaction, or BZ reaction, is one of a class of reactions that serve as a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, resulting in the establishment of a nonlinear chemical oscillator.
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Made in Processing, building upon the source code by Alasdair Turner.
frame of reaction diffusion system simulation
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Cells from Paeonia suffruticosa gynoecium at 40X magnification. Note the cells undergoing meiosis and the condensed chromosomes they contain.
Quite incredibly, this photo was made using a middle-grade microscope and my HTC smartphone during a Genetics Practical class. Cheers.
