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*[http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html Ask Dr. Universe] - Washington State University | *[http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html Ask Dr. Universe] - Washington State University | ||
| + | *[http://www.creativitysoftware.com/fractals-images/pages-hs/fern-fronds.htm Fractal fronds] | ||
Revision as of 10:35, April 26, 2007
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 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." [1]
External links
- Ask Dr. Universe - Washington State University
- Fractal fronds