''The Fractal Geometry of Nature'' is a 1982 book by the Franco-American
mathematician
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Benoît Mandelbrot.
Overview
''The Fractal Geometry of Nature'' is a revised and enlarged version of his 1977 book entitled ''Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension'', which in turn was a revised, enlarged, and translated version of his 1975 French book, ''Les Objets Fractals: Forme, Hasard et Dimension''. ''
American Scientist'' put the book in its one hundred books of 20th century science.
As technology has improved, mathematically accurate, computer-drawn
fractals
In mathematics, a fractal is a Shape, geometric shape containing detailed structure at arbitrarily small scales, usually having a fractal dimension strictly exceeding the topological dimension. Many fractals appear similar at various scale ...
have become more detailed. Early drawings were low-resolution black and white; later drawings were higher resolution and in color. Many examples were created by programmers working with Mandelbrot, primarily at
IBM Research. These visualizations have added to persuasiveness of the books and their impact on the scientific community.
See also
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Chaos theory
References
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1982 non-fiction books
Mathematics books
Fractals