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Biomimicry: Design Inspirations from Nature
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October 8, 2008 | 0 Readers Recommended This

Centripetal spirals -- aka Fibonacci spirals -- can be seen in calla lilies and nested rose petals, in nautilus shells and the faces of sunflowers, in tornadoes and water rushing down a drain. “All movement in the known universe, right down to the atomic level, is moving in this common geometry,” says Pax’s Harman. “It looks simple and elegant, but it’s phenomenally complex.”