Coding, Shaping, Making

"'We see in the history of science the laying down of foundational elements before a new paradigm bursts forth. Thus the work of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo preceded Newtonian mechanics. And the Michelson-Morley measurements, the Lorentz transformations, and Poincaré's mathematics proceeded Einstein's relativity. We are today again in such a moment as a new paradigm is emerging, generative morphogenetics, the unfolding of form from simple rules,,,.Lalvani's Coding, Shaping, Making: Experiments in Form and Form-Making is a foundational work underlying [this] emerging field….As such it joins D’'Arcy Thompson's growth and form, John Archibald Wheeler's it from bit, David Deutsch's constructor theory, Stephen Wolfram's new kind of science, and Neil Gershenfeld's information in the material. To put it simply, Lalvani asks…are there fundamental morphological principles at work that we do not yet fully understand? Lalvani contends that there are, and he explores them. Lalvani's work has implications for important new developments in morphology, mathematics, logic, chemistry, biology, evolutionary theory, nanotechnology, digital fabrication among many other fields. I believe researchers in numerous fields will mine his work for new avenues of understanding for decades to come. Stephen Wolfram says, ""I think when I find the code that generates our world, it will be about six lines."" Lalvani brings us hints of that code.' - John Lobell, Professor of Architecture, Pratt Institute 'Lalvani’s ground-breaking concept of ‘Morphological Universe’ included in this book….captures the most original aspects of his work in design science. What he has done is amazing. I believe it to be a grand unification of what others have done in small pieces. It is astounding to see it all come together masterfully in a beautifully visual representation which was also theoretically mathematical…. As I write, Lalvani continues to integrate yet more material into his system. And it is the very notion of a system behind all of these forms which appears not only in geometry and design but in other fields such as biology, geology, botany and perhaps even particle physics, that is his real contribution through these efforts.' - Jay Kappraff, Emeritus Associate Professor of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology 'We see in the history of science the laying down of foundational elements before a new paradigm bursts forth. Thus the work of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo preceded Newtonian mechanics. And the Michelson-Morley measurements, the Lorentz transformations, and Poincaré's mathematics proceeded Einstein's relativity. We are today again in such a moment as a new paradigm is emerging, generative morphogenetics, the unfolding of form from simple rules,,,.Lalvani's Coding, Shaping, Making: Experiments in Form and Form-Making is a foundational work underlying [this] emerging field….As such it joins D’'Arcy Thompson's growth and form, John Archibald Wheeler's it from bit, David Deutsch's constructor theory, Stephen Wolfram's new kind of science, and Neil Gershenfeld's information in the material. To put it simply, Lalvani asks…are there fundamental morphological principles at work that we do not yet fully understand? Lalvani contends that there are, and he explores them. Lalvani's work has implications for important new developments in morphology, mathematics, logic, chemistry, biology, evolutionary theory, nanotechnology, digital fabrication among many other fields. I believe researchers in numerous fields will mine his work for new avenues of understanding for decades to come. Stephen Wolfram says, ""I think when I find the code that generates our world, it will be about six lines."" Lalvani brings us hints of that code.' - John Lobell, Professor of Architecture, Pratt Institute 'Lalvani’s ground-breaking concept of ‘Morphological Universe’ included in this book….captures the most original aspects of his work in design science. What he has done is amazing. I believe it to be a grand unification of what others have done in small pieces. It is astounding to see it all come together masterfully in a beautifully visual representation which was also theoretically mathematical…. As I write, Lalvani continues to integrate yet more material into his system. And it is the very notion of a system behind all of these forms which appears not only in geometry and design but in other fields such as biology, geology, botany and perhaps even particle physics, that is his real contribution through these efforts.' - Jay Kappraff, Emeritus Associate Professor of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology"