StarShuttle
Does the graphic above look like a shuttlecock used for badminton, or is it just 24 shrinking stars? Or, is it a spaceship? Check the procedure below to be sure:
TO STAR :X
PU HOME SETXY [-70 -120] PD
SETWIDTH 8
SETPC RANDOM 222
REPEAT 5 [FD :X RT 150]
IF :X < 20 [STOP]
STAR :X - 10
END
Internet links:
Molecular Expressions: Optical
Illusions
The rotating disc is a good example.
Shuttles.com
http://www.shuttles.com
Click here to go to a badminton vendor and see what a shuttlecock looks
like.
The
Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher
http://www.mathacademy.com/platonic_realms/minitext/escher.html
Tessellations, polyhedra, shapes and the logic of space.
"For me, it is an open question of whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or art." - M.C. Escher