Eyes, optics and imaging : mathematics and engineering innovations inspired by nature

• Autorzy: Telgársky R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This report is about mathematics and engineering innovations inspired by the nature, in particular, about the optical devices and imaging technologies inspired by eyes of living organisms. Instead of reviewing existing mathematical methods, the author explains visual sensors in nature and also the corresponding engineering devices for further inspiration of mathematicians. Contents: Introduction. Eyes. Optics and Imaging. Camouflage. References. Figure Credits.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

mathematics; innovation; nature; optics; imaging; eyes

PL

matematyka; innowacje; przyroda; optyka; obrazowanie; oczy

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczego im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
• Czasopismo: Scientific Issues of Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. Mathematics
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 19
• Strony: 259--273
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 8 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Telgársky R.

• Department of Mathematics, Central New Mexico Community College, 525 Buena Vista Drive, Albuquerque, NM 87106, U.S.A.

Bibliografia

• [1] John A. Adam, Mathematics in Nature: Modelling patterns in the natural world, Princeton University Press 2006.
• [2] John D. Barrow, The Artful Universe, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995.
• [3] Richard Dawkins, Climbing Mount Improbable, W. W. Norton and Company, New York London 1996.
• [4] Harry Henderson, Mathematics: Powerful Patterns into Nature and Society, Chelsea House 2007.
• [5] Martin A Nowak, Evolutionary Dynamics; Exploring the Equations of Life, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2006.
• [6] Max Tegmark, Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality, Knopf, New York 2014.
• [7] Harun Yahya, Miracle in the eye, 3rd edition, Global Publishing, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999.
• [8] Harun Yahya, Engineering in Nature, Global Publishing, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007.