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A Python tutorial on experimenting with Lindenmayer systems to generate biological structures of various plants.</p> <p><a href="/blog/lindenmayer-grammars-1" class="button">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <div class="blog-post__header"> <h2 class="blog-post__title"><a href="/blog/lindenmayer-grammars-0">An Introduction to Lindenmayer Grammars</a></h2> <p class="blog-post__subtitle">15 December 2020</p> </div> <a href="/blog/lindenmayer-grammars-0" class="blog-post__image" style="background-image: url(/images/post_pics/lindenmayer/biblebook_0.jpg);"></a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <p>Part 0 of my Rewriting Systems Sequence. An introduction to abstract rewriting systems, lindenmayer systems, and formal grammars, exploring the philosophical motivation, mathematical theory, practical applications, and major assumptions.</p> <p><a href="/blog/lindenmayer-grammars-0" class="button">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <div class="blog-post__header"> <h2 class="blog-post__title"><a href="/blog/organisms-as-information">Organisms as a Special Kind of Information</a></h2> <p class="blog-post__subtitle">05 December 2020</p> </div> <a href="/blog/organisms-as-information" class="blog-post__image" style="background-image: url(/images/post_pics/organisms_information/haeckel_jellyfish.jpg);"></a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <p>Long-form notes recording attempts to model biological organisms using Shannon's concept of Entropy & Information. 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