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Fractal worlds : grown, built, and imagined
- Title
- Fractal worlds : grown, built, and imagined / Michael Frame and Amelia Urry ; foreword by Steven Strogatz.
- Author
- Frame, Michael
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xx, 515 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Fractal geometry is a uniquely fascinating area of mathematics, exhibited by a range of shapes that exist in the natural world, from a simple broccoli floret to a majestic mountain range. In this essential primer, mathematician Michael Frame--a close collaborator with Benoit Mandelbrot, the founder of fractal geometry--and poet Amelia Urry explore the amazing world of fractals as they appear in nature, art, medicine, and technology. Frame and Urry offer new insights into such familiar topics as measuring fractal complexity by dimension and the life and work of Mandelbrot. In addition, they delve into less-known areas: fractals with memory, the Mandelbrot set in four dimensions, fractals in literature, and more. An inviting introduction to an enthralling subject, this comprehensive volume is ideal for learning and teaching." -- Back cover.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-489) and index.
- Contents
- What is the shape of the world around us? -- Self-similarity in geometry -- Self-similarity in the wild -- Manufactured fractals -- The Mandelbrot set : infinite complexity from a simple formula -- Quantifying fractals : what is fractal dimension? -- Further developments --Valediction -- A. A look under the hood : some technical notes -- B. Solutions to the problems.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-11237
- ISBN
- 9780300197877
- 030019787X
- LCCN
- 2015955525
- OCLC
- 930799444
- Author
- Frame, Michael, author.
- Title
- Fractal worlds : grown, built, and imagined / Michael Frame and Amelia Urry ; foreword by Steven Strogatz.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-489) and index.
- Added Author
- Urry, Amelia, 1991- author.Strogatz, Steven, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-11237