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Post by tigger on Oct 17, 2010 11:37:18 GMT -1
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Post by westender on Oct 18, 2010 15:21:59 GMT -1
The man who gave us the wondrous notion of fractals: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11564766"...there is profound beauty and power in the idea of fractals. The best way to get a feeling for what fractals are is to consider some examples. Clouds, mountains, coastlines, cauliflowers and ferns are all natural fractals. These shapes have something in common - something intuitive, accessible and aesthetic." "The fractal mathematics Mandelbrot pioneered, together with the related field of chaos theory, lifts the veil on the hidden beauty of the world. It inspired scientists in many disciplines - including cosmology, medicine, engineering and genetics - and artists and musicians, too." There ain't half been some clever buggers.
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