Fractal Geometry is the geometry of the natural world - animal, vegetable and mineral. It's about the broken, wrinkled, wiggly world - the uneven shapes of nature, unlike the idealized forms of Euclidean geometry. We see fractals everywhere; indeed we are fractal! Fractal Geometry is an extension of classical geometry. Using computers, it can make precise models of physical structures - from ferns to galaxies. Fractal geometry is a new language. Once you speak it, you can describe the shape of cloud as precisely as an architect can describe a house.

Author: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 09/03/2009
Series: Introducing
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781848310872
Revised Edition

About the Author

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon is a producer of television documentaries.

Will Rood studied mathematics at Cambridge University. His fractal animations have graced many television documentaries and his artwork has featured on numerous magazines, posters and CD sleeves.

Ralph Edney trained as a mathematician, and has worked as a teacher, journalist, illustrator and political cartoonist.