The Colours of Infinity The Beauty and Power of Fractals /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lesmoir-Gordon, Nigel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Geometry.; Mathematics.; Complexity, Computational.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Mathematics.; Complexity.

The groundbreaking documentary accompanying this book (visit extras.springer.com) is presented by Arthur C Clarke with music by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Introduced fifteen years ago, this brought the subject of fractals to the attention of the general public for the first time; since then it has...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Nature of Fractal Geometry
• Exploring the Fractal Universe
• A Geometry Able to Include Mountains and Clouds
• Fractal Transformations
• Fractal Limits: The Mandelbrot Set and the self-similar tilings of M. C. Escher
• Self-organization, Self-regulation, and Self-similarity on the Fractal Web
• Fractal Financial Fluctuations
• Filming The Colours of Infinity
• The Colours of Infinity-The Film Script.