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leaves of a fern are shaped very much like the frond - did I say this right?
A '''fractal''' is a design which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole.
A '''fractal''' is a design which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole.
The fractal nature of some plants has convinced many people that God must have designed the natural world (see ferns).
The fractal nature of some plants has convinced many people that God must have designed the natural world (see [[fern]]s). The leaves of a fern are shaped very much like the frond.
*Fractals were first named and described by Benoit Mandelbrot, a mathematician at Yale University. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]
*Fractals were first named and described by Benoit Mandelbrot, a mathematician at Yale University. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]