Technical Implementation
This piece is inspired by the Bohr model of the atom, where electrons move in quantized orbits around a nucleus. The visualization reinterprets atomic structure through harmonic motion and polar curves.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from itertools import product
colors = ['#36F','#F70','#F0F','#F36','#0C0']
t = np.linspace(2*np.pi, 0, 999)
fig, axes = plt.subplots(3, 4)
for i, j in product(range(3), range(4)):
ax = axes[i, j]
for k in range(i + 2)[::-1]:
r = np.cos(k*(k + j + 1)*t) + k
x, y = r*np.sin(t), r*np.cos(t)
ax.plot(x, y, colors[(i+j+k)%5])
plt.show()