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333: Nathan Myhrvold

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How Do the Six Arms of the Snowflake Grow?

The six arms of the snowflake were just exactly the same environment. The only reason it grows similarly on one side and the other is that the conditions are the same. Only for a lot of snowflakes, if you look really close, they're not ttotally the same because there was some tiny difference. It's incredible to me to see this insane amount of detail and beauty,. Because it has both an element of randomness and an element of extreme symmetry.

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