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A '''fractal''' is a [[design]] which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole. This can be repeated ''ad infinitum'', meaning that fractals do not cease in their [[similarity]].

A '''fractal''' is a [[design]] which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole. This can be repeated ''ad infinitum'', meaning that fractals do not cease in their [[similarity]].

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.  

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. Evolutionary biologists have yet to propose a satisfactory explanation for the spontaneous appearance of complex patterns in living organisms.

*Fractals have been studied by mathematicians for over a century. The name was coined by [[Benoit Mandelbrot]], a mathematician at [[Yale University]]. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]

*Fractals have been studied by mathematicians for over a century. The name was coined by [[Benoit Mandelbrot]], a mathematician at [[Yale University]]. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]