One physicists quest to find universal patterns in nature
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Morris is a physicist who specializes in geomorphology — the study of why natural objects are shaped the way they are. At fifty-nine years old, he has been searching for an explanation for the ripples on icicles for more than a decade. If he can find an answer, he’ll be adding a small piece to one of the biggest scientific puzzles on the planet: Is there a unifying theory that can account for the structure of all things — animal, vegetable, and mineral?
Some physicists search for a “theory of everything” by smashing subatomic particles together or by imagining the inside of a black hole. Morris chose another path, focusing on “emergent properties” — natural behaviours that could reveal universal principles about how nature develops order and complexity from seeming chaos.
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