It is interesting to contemplate a tangled beard - July 04, 2008
Today’s picture post is the winning entry in the ‘Designing Darwin’ art competition, run by the British Society for the History of Science.
Creator Simon Crowhurst is described by his press office as “a keen amateur model-maker, and scavenger of skips”.
“I played with various ideas and this one came to me as I tried to combine evolutionary lines with the distinctive Darwinian profile - especially his beard!” says Crowhurst, a research technician at the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences (press release).
If you can’t see Darwin in this picture, here’s the explanation from the press release:
His design shows the famously bearded profile of Darwin's face, outlined in creatures which begin as basic "tetrapods" (four legged animals resembling lizards or amphibians) and then go on to develop wings, feathers, hooves and other modifications.
Comments
Looks like a M.C. Escher rep-off to me!
Posted by: obe | August 26, 2008 07:46 PM