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[[Image:SsFb.gif|A computer generated image of a leaf.|right|thumb]]
 
[[Image:SsFb.gif|A computer generated image of a leaf.|right|thumb]]
A '''fractal''' is a design which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole.
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A '''fractal''' is a [[design]] which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole. This can be repeated ''add 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).{{fact}} 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).{{fact}} The leaves of a fern are shaped very much like the frond.  
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*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]
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*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]
    
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