The Colours of Infinity The Beauty and Power of Fractals /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lesmoir-Gordon, Nigel. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Science (General).; Geometry.; Physics.; Mathematics.; Engineering.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.; Complexity.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-486-9

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.