IntroducingFractals:AGraphicGuide

作者 Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon著
出版社 IconBooks
出版时间 2009年10月
ISBN 9781848310872
定价 134.90

内容简介

FractalGeometryisthegeometryofthenaturalworld-animal,vegetableandmineral.It'saboutthebroken,wrinkled,wigglyworld-theunevenshapesofnature,unliketheidealizedformsofEuclideangeometry.Weseefractalseverywhere;indeedwearefractal!FractalGeometryisanextensionofclassicalgeometry.Usingcomputers,itcanmakeprecisemodelsofphysicalstructures-fromfernstogalaxies.Fractalgeometryisanewlanguage.Onceyouspeakit,youcandescribetheshapeofcloudaspreciselyasanarchitectcandescribeahouse.

作者简介

NigelLesmoir-Gordonisaproduceroftelevisiondocumentaries.WillRoodstudiedmathematicsatCambridgeUniversity.Hisfractalanimationshavegracedmanytelevisiondocumentariesandhisartworkhasfeaturedonnumerousmagazines,postersandCDsleeves.RalphEdneytrainedasamathematician,andhasworkedasateacher,journalist,illustratorandpoliticalcartoonist.

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