Leaves, flowers and garbage bags: Making waves

被引：25

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

来源：

AMERICAN SCIENTIST | 2004年 / 92卷 / 03期

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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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