Thinking in Patterns: Fractals and Related Phenomena in Nature.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: June 1, 2006 | Copyright information

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Thinking in patterns; fractals and related phenomena in nature.

Ed. by Miroslav M. Novak.

World Scientific

2004

323 pages

$108.00

Hardcover

QC20

Benoit Mandelbrot gave birth to the term fractal some 30 years ago, and the international conference Fractal 2004 celebrated his 80th birthday and contributions to fractal geometry. The date and location of this conference, and the connection ...

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