Leaves, flowers and garbage bags: Making waves

被引:45
作者
Sharon, E [1 ]
Marder, M
Swinney, HL
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Racah Inst Phys, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Univ Texas, Ctr Nonlinear Dynam, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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D O I
10.1511/2004.47.932
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Rippled fractal patterns on thin plastic sheets and biological membranes offer elegant examples of the spontaneous breaking of symmetry.
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页码:254 / 261
页数:8
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