Randomly moving water molecules in the gas phase condense at
sufficiently low temperature to form a snowflake.
Zillions of
these
fall on
Kalamazoo, MI every winter. We understand that this growth of
structure
and beauty
are the result of the interaction of the electric fields within a
system minimizing its potential energy.
Go
here
for the whole story (with scads of wonderfully beautiful pictures of
snowflakes).
Gif animation of time-lapse images by Vicky Tanusheva and physicist Dr.
Kenneth Libbrecht.
The
interaction of force (and quantum) fields within a system minimizing
its potential
energy,
often accompanied by spontaneous phase transitions, produces the
observed
structure and complexity within our universe, from atoms to clusters of
galaxies.
Several
essays concerning science, evolution, and Creationism
From the journal, Nature, January 2009 -
15
Evolutionary Gems: a succint briefing on why evolution by natural
selection is an empirically validated principle.
A superb journal (requires subscription - libraries often have them)
for learning and teaching of evolutionary biology:
Evolution: Education & Outreach.
A
superb
analogy illustrating the inanity that science finds itself
defending against.
