Cosmic Composition: Discovering Art In Natural Forms

This book will explore nature’s fundamental designs—from smallest to largest—to reveal beauty in places that many people have never looked. Consider how small and plentiful are the atoms that build your body. You could imagine yourself as a giant. Then look out to the stars. Contemplate the size of the galaxies. Instantly, you become smaller than dust. This is the world as we have come to know it—cradled between two infinities. For this reason, we feel right at home on our seemingly medium-sized Earth. It is our perfect average between these infinitely-mysterious other worlds. On each level in-between, the natural world is delicately constructed. The largest bodies in space are composed of the smallest subatomic forms. In order for such tiny pieces to properly sculpt these massive bodies, there must be polished and repeatable designs to build from. Nature’s most efficient techniques have been refined through the ages, and have developed unparalleled beauty along the way.