Introducing Fractals

A Graphic Guide

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Fractal Geometry is the geometry of the natural world - animal, vegetable and mineral. It's about the broken, wrinkled, wiggly world - the uneven shapes of nature, unlike the idealised forms of Euclidean geometry. We see fractals everywhere; indeed we are fractal! Fractal Geometry is an extension of classical geometry. Using computers, it can make precise models of physical structures - from ferns to galaxies. Fractal geometry is a new language. Once you speak it, you can describe the shape of cloud as precisely as an architect can describe a house.Introducing Fractal Geometry traces the historical development of this mathematical discipline, explores its descriptive powers in the natural world, and then looks at the applications and the implications of the discoveries it has made. As John Archibald Wheeler, prot of Niels Bohr, friend of Albert Einstein and mentor of Richard Feynman has said, No one will be considered scientifically literate tomorrow, who is not familiar with fractals. From Zeno to Mandelbrot, this title helps you to explore fractals with which you can describe the shape of cloud as precisely as an architect can describe a house.
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Schrijver
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon, Will Rood, Ralph Edney
Titel
Introducing Fractals
Uitgever
Icon Books Ltd
Jaar
2009
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
176
Gewicht
164 gr
EAN
9781848310872
Afmetingen
165 x 120 x 15 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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