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1) Fractals: hunting the hidden dimension

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"Nova takes viewers on a fascinating quest with a group of pioneering mathematicians determined to decipher the rules that govern fractal geometry. Their remarkable findings are deepening our understanding of nature and stimulating a new wave of scientific, medical and artistic innovation, stretching from the ecology of the rainforest to fashion design." - Container.

2) Fractals: the patterns of chaos : a new aesthetic of art, science, and nature

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Briggs, John

Pub. Date

c1992

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Describes how fractals were discovered, explains their unique properties, and discusses the mathematical foundation of fractals

3) The math book

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20190903

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Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, and the great minds behind them, with this original, graphics-led book.

4) Mysterious patterns: finding fractals in nature

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Campbell, Sarah C

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Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1

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Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals just like mountain ranges, river systems, and trees and will share in the wonder of math...