as both an engineer and an artist, i’m fascinated by eggs. they are shapely and beautiful, of course. but do you know why eggs are egg shaped? because they will not roll away down a hill and smash. due to the pointy tip and the offset center of gravity, a rolling egg will either roll back to the mother, on a flat surface, or will come to rest on a downhill slope. pure darwinism. pure functional beauty. the beauty of science. the science of beauty.

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