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... Mandelbrot pointedly paraphrases Shylock : ' If you prick us , do we not bleed ? '21 What Mandelbrot originally termed the ' fractal ' geometry of nature involves the iteration of comparably complex details on every scale . The ...
... Mandelbrot pointedly paraphrases Shylock : ' If you prick us , do we not bleed ? '21 What Mandelbrot originally termed the ' fractal ' geometry of nature involves the iteration of comparably complex details on every scale . The ...
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... Mandelbrot coined the word ' fractal ' from the Latin fractus , which describes a broken stone - broken up and irregular . As Mandelbrot defines them : Fractals are geometrical shapes that , contrary to those of Euclid , are not regular ...
... Mandelbrot coined the word ' fractal ' from the Latin fractus , which describes a broken stone - broken up and irregular . As Mandelbrot defines them : Fractals are geometrical shapes that , contrary to those of Euclid , are not regular ...
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... Mandelbrot set produces the most extraordinary computer graphics , rich in com- plexity , with graceful seahorse swirls and curlicues containing graceful coils and curlicues in infinitely varied combinations . And thus Mandelbrot ...
... Mandelbrot set produces the most extraordinary computer graphics , rich in com- plexity , with graceful seahorse swirls and curlicues containing graceful coils and curlicues in infinitely varied combinations . And thus Mandelbrot ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
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