Description
A groundbreaking exploration of the irregular patterns that shape the natural world, this book introduces fractal geometry as a powerful way to understand forms that traditional Euclidean mathematics cannot adequately describe. From coastlines and clouds to mountains, plants, and biological structures, it reveals the hidden mathematical order within apparent complexity. Combining accessible explanation, striking illustrations, and rigorous insight, the work examines scale, self-similarity, dimension, and randomness while showing how fractal principles connect mathematics, science, and art. Both foundational and visionary, it remains an influential guide to one of the most transformative ideas in modern geometry.
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paperback
W.H. Freeman
Published Jan 1, 1982
460 pages
ISBN: 9780716711865
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First Published
1982
Language
eng
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