The Fractal Geometry of Nature
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| Author | Benoît Mandelbrot |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Mathematics |
| Genre | Science |
| Publisher | W. H. Freeman and Co. |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Media type | book |
| ISBN | 0-7167-1186-9 |
The Fractal Geometry of Nature is a book published in 1982 by the Franco-American mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot.
It is a revised and enlarged version of his 1977 book entitled Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension, which in turn was a revised, enlarged, and translated version of his 1975 French book, Les Objects Fractals: Forme, Hasard et Dimension. The books together comprise one of the ten most influential scientific essays of the 20th century.[1]
The impact and persuasiveness of these three books in the scientific community were significantly enhanced using mathematically accurate, computer-drawn illustrations created by programmers working with Mandelbrot, primarily at IBM Research. Early drawings were low-resolution black and white; later drawings were higher resolution and in color, corresponding to the nascent and then quickly evolving computer graphic machinery of the times.
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- ↑ American Scientist magazine, 1999.