Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise

Thisfascinatingbookexplorestheconnectionsbetweenchaostheory,physics,biology,andmathematics.Itsaward-winningcomputergraphics,opticalillusions,andgamesillustratetheconceptofself-similarity,atypicalpropertyoffractals.AuthorManfredSchroeder—hailedbyPublishersWeeklyasamodernLewisCarroll—conveysmemorableinsightsintheformofpunsandpuzzlesthatrelateabstractmathematicstoeverydayexperience.Excellententertainmentforreaderswithagraspofalgebraandsomecalculus,thisbookformsafineuniversity-levelintroductiontofractalmath.Eightpagesofcolorimagesclarifythetext,alongwithnumerousblack-and-whiteillustrations.