It&#x27;s not just the fingerprints. Entire organs may grow according to the elegant mathematics of reaction diffusion systems. Not to mention metal alloys, igneous rocks, suns, galaxies, and so on...<p>A mathematical theory proposed by Alan Turing in 1952 can explain the formation of fingers<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;phys.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2014-07-mathematical-theory-alan-turing-formation.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;phys.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2014-07-mathematical-theory-alan-turing...</a>