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... scales of a complex nonlinear work such as Paradise Lost ( see chapter 2 , below ) . But this nonlinear complexity on every scale is clearly not apparent in ' Space Seed ' , a Star Trek episode based on Milton's portrayal of Satan ...
... scales of a complex nonlinear work such as Paradise Lost ( see chapter 2 , below ) . But this nonlinear complexity on every scale is clearly not apparent in ' Space Seed ' , a Star Trek episode based on Milton's portrayal of Satan ...
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... scales of complexity . According to Benoit Mandelbrot , the fractal geometry of nature exhibits detailed structure over every conceivable scale . Likewise an ideal mathematical fractal has structure on an infinite range of scales ( for ...
... scales of complexity . According to Benoit Mandelbrot , the fractal geometry of nature exhibits detailed structure over every conceivable scale . Likewise an ideal mathematical fractal has structure on an infinite range of scales ( for ...
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... scale features become translated into large - scale ones . The same , of course , holds true of the famous computer graphics derived from the mathematical equations illustrative of determinis- tic chaos that are known as the ...
... scale features become translated into large - scale ones . The same , of course , holds true of the famous computer graphics derived from the mathematical equations illustrative of determinis- tic chaos that are known as the ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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