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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

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This essential discussion of the popular science and mathematics behind fractals reveals how fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature from clouds to coastlines, and explains how basic concepts in fractal geometry produced a revolution in mathematical understandings of patterns in the 20th century.

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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction, Kenneth J. Falconer

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2013
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English
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Oxford
Released
2013
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Paperback
ISBN10
0199675988
ISBN13
9780199675982
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This essential discussion of the popular science and mathematics behind fractals reveals how fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature from clouds to coastlines, and explains how basic concepts in fractal geometry produced a revolution in mathematical understandings of patterns in the 20th century.