author : Aristid Lindenmayer

Plant models grow, interact with the environment, produce flowers and fruits, and finally die. These models have an intuitive appeal of “breathing life into a computer.” Being in front of a monitor, it is easy to forget the underlying mathematical formalisms and simply observe plants growing, self-replicating, responding to external factors, and even mutating. Without compromising the mathematical rigor of presentation, The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants preserves the “touch of magic” accompanying this research.

This book is for: • Computer graphics professionals • Biologists • Theoretical computer scientists and mathematicians who will discover that the mathematically beautiful theory of L-systems has important practical applications • Individuals interested in fractals, L-systems, and “artificial life.”