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ria, appeared as the cover story of Scientific American magazine no.
1098 in 1998. They reveal another little-known miracle regarding
bacteria and other single-celled organisms. Each of these living
things, though invisible to the naked eye, possesses the most aes-
thetic appearance. Microorganisms such as diatoms, bacteria and
plankton in their various shapes and colors turn the microscopic
world into an art museum.

It appears that these aesthetic forms emerge not as the result of
random coincidences, but according to various laws that apply
within those creatures' structures. Eshel Ben-Jacob and Herbert
Levine make the following comment:

Simple bacteria, coping with adverse growth conditions, show un-
expected sophistication. When examined closely this behavior is
much more impressive. It seems as if the bacterial colony can not
only compute better then the best par-
allel computers we have, but can also
think . . . 17
As you have seen, bacteria and

other microorganisms are
living refutations of the
myth related by the theo-

As the various mi-
croorganisms as HARUN YAHYA
they combine in
many colors, sym-
metries and geo-
metrical forms, they
turn the micro-
world into an art
gallery. (ADNAN OKTAR)

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