Esiste davvero una bellezza matematica della natura? E la rivoluzionaria idea di Turing può fornire una chiave per decifrarla? In questo articolo si cerca di rispondere a questi interrogativi illustrando la genesi, le basi teoriche e l'impatto scientifico della teoria di Alan Turing sulla "pattern formation". Il quadro che emerge è quello di una teoria ancora di grande attualità, che continua ad affascinare per la sua forte interdisciplinarietà e per i tanti progressi che ha permesso di ottenere sia in ambito matematico che in campo chimico e biologico.
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