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*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] | ||
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| + | *A fractal is a shape that, when you look at a small part of it, has a similar (but not necessarily identical) appearance to the full shape. Take, for example, a rocky mountain. From a distance, you can see how rocky it is; up close, the surface is very similar. Little rocks have a similar bumpy surface to big rocks and to the overall mountain. [http://www.fractalus.com/info/layman.htm] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[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] | *[http://www.creativitysoftware.com/fractals-images/pages-hs/fern-fronds.htm Fractal fronds] | ||
| + | *[http://www.fractalus.com/info/layman.htm Fractals, in Layman's Terms] | ||
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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).[Citation Needed] 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]
Damien Jones wrote:
- A fractal is a shape that, when you look at a small part of it, has a similar (but not necessarily identical) appearance to the full shape. Take, for example, a rocky mountain. From a distance, you can see how rocky it is; up close, the surface is very similar. Little rocks have a similar bumpy surface to big rocks and to the overall mountain. [2]
External links
- Ask Dr. Universe - Washington State University
- Fractal fronds
- Fractals, in Layman's Terms