Spaceship Simulations Create Psychedelic Spiral Artwork

About 350 years ago, as the story goes, an apple fell near British physicist Isaac Newton and planted the seeds of the laws of motion. Now, in celebration of the anniversary, retired math teacher Stan Spencer has borrowed what Newton learned to create art from simulated rocket motion and get others interested in understanding science. The computer-generated artwork above reveals the symmetry of Newton's laws of motion and gravitation.Image Credit: Stan Spencer "I tend to have a sort of crazy ide...