Biomorph may refer to:
* A shape resembling that of a living
organism
In biology, an organism () is any living system that functions as an individual entity. All organisms are composed of cells (cell theory). Organisms are classified by taxonomy into groups such as multicellular animals, plants, and ...
(such as bacteria), though not necessarily of biotic origin
* One of the virtual creatures in a computer simulation described by Richard Dawkins in his book ''
The Blind Watchmaker
''The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design'' is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins, in which the author presents an explanation of, and argument for, the theory of evolution by means of natural selecti ...
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* In
biomorphism
Biomorphism models artistic design elements on naturally occurring patterns or shapes reminiscent of nature and living organisms. Taken to its extreme it attempts to force naturally occurring shapes onto functional devices.
History
Within the c ...
, shapes that derive their form from nature as with contemporary architecture art
* One of the organic creatures in the art of surrealist painters such as
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...
or
Yves Tanguy
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955), known as just Yves Tanguy (, ), was a French surrealist painter.
Biography
Tanguy, the son of a retired navy captain, was born January 5, 1900, at the Ministry of Naval Affa ...
* One of the mysterious alien creatures in the book ''Империя Превыше Всего (Empire Above All)'' by
Nick Perumov
Nick Perumov (russian: link=no, Ник Перумов) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (russian: link=no, Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Bi ...
* Various
fractals, particularly
Pickover biomorphs, which are computer generated graphics from mathematical chaos modelisation
*
''Biomorph'' (video game), an upcoming video game
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