C DNA
Brian Shucker (UCB)

Generated by custom software created by contributor
Look closely at this image. It is made up of thousands of tiny characters; collectively, they form a working computer program in the C language (see detail below). Entering this program into a computer and running it will generate the image itself, complete with the embedded program code. Running the code in that image will produce another copy, and so on. It is a self-replicating program that happens to have an interesting visual form. In nature, of course, similar processes occur with the help of the molecule pictured.



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