An Eye For Fractals: A Graphic And Photographic Essay (Studies in Nonlinearity)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0201554402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Robert E. Totman. This is a book that changed my thinking.. Science and art, together again Bernie I was aware of fractals for some time and after watching a NOVA film "Hunting the Hidden Dimension" (2008). I went hunting for some of the many books by Benoit Mandelbrot. You can imagine my surprise with I tripped over this book, "An Eye for Fractals" by Michael McGuire.Stacked up against other fractal works, this book has more stunning pictures both in quantity and qua. A beautiful journey through math and nature One of the only fractal books available for non-mathematicians, An Eye for Fractals interweaves beautiful photographs of natural scenes with explanations of their fractal geometric characteristics. It gives enough information about fractals for a beginner to understand what they are and how they apply to nature. Its photography makes it a perfect book to leave out on the
An Eye for Fractals is a fascinating study of the converse premise: that nature’s complexity implies an underlying simplicity that can be traced back to fractal geometry.The book effectively integrates art with science, illustrating the natural occurrence of mathematics and geometry in lava flows, kelp beds, cloud formations and aspen groves. The book is enhanced with more than 150 photographs and drawings, including some color illustrations. An Eye for Fractals is a beautiful introduction to fractal geometry, a graphic, visual approach that should appeal to all who feel the fascination of this artful mathematics.. Fractional geometry posits that a natural visual complexity can arise from iteration of simple rules and simple shapes