Occam’s Razor by Abysimus
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
Those of you who have been so kind as to visit me before, will recall a recent post entitled “Atom”. I stated at the time that quantum particle physics described the atom in terms of wave functions that were fractal in nature. I received several emails asking if I could post a rendering illustrating an example of such a fractal. One such email would have been sufficient. I require very little encouragement in this regard. The merest hint would do just fine.
Today’s rendering is a hydrogen atom. If you could actually see one, it would look like this. How do we know? Because the theory has been tested by repeated experiment and is accurate to an unprecedented degree of precision. The rendering generated here uses the Laguerre equation applicable to a one-electron atom (i.e. hydrogen). On this scale, the nucleus would be too small to see, but I have indicated its position by a small central sphere.
Even though hydrogen is the simplest of atoms, it obviously is very complex and intricate in structure, hence the title of the piece. William of Occam was a fourteenth century philosopher who enunciated the principle that nature likes things as simple as possible. This was an excusable perspective. After all, Schrödinger’s cat had not yet been born.
Those of you who look upon this with great apprehension that I may be considering working my way through the entire periodic table need have no concern. The rendering time for this beast was 24 hours. The next most complex atom (helium) would take a week. I am patient, but there are limits.
Created in Ultra Fractal
Comments (14)
Bossie_Boots
I love what you have achieved here i like the design and colours i await with bated breath for the helium superb work my friend hugs lou x
eekdog
love your description stan about the atom my friend, beautuful atom but a distructive topic. thanks for sharing this very cool design.
peedy
Fantastic image to go with your explanation. Great lighting. You need little encouragement, eh???? ;-P Corrie
greyone
Gorgeous intricate work Stan. Your depiction of the hydrogen atom is outstanding. Once again I am as intrigued by the text as I am the wonderful fractal image. Thank you for putting such effort into your presentation. It is always such a treat looking forward to your next postings.
mgtcs
Beautiful render, and very illustrative of the orbitals and such. I had no idea one could understand atomic wave functions as fractals. Great image to be on a textbook. Bravo! I appreciate your reluctance in going through the periodic table. After all, as Occam himself said: "Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate" (One should not propose pluralities without need).
kepp
excellant image superb colouring
mps
Excellent image
fallen21
Fantastic fractal!
npauling
An amazing fractal with superb details. A very long render for this too, and yes a week would be too long, I have patience too but not for that long. Great colours and lighting to give this a wonderful inner glow. Superb work.
Glendaw
Outstanding,so many intricate details. Understanding atoms as wave functions and fractal in nature is a awesome lessen. Thanks for rendering this hydrogen atom for our viewing. Your descriptive lessen is greatly appreciated and your 14 hour render is our reward. Thanks alot Stan.
SIGMAWORLD
Interessantes Fraktal.
farmerC
Exellent work.
ia-du-lin
beautiful colors and lighting
dochtersions
Unique example, and a fantastic protection for the small orange atom in the middle, Stan.