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Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.


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A fractal is a way of seeing infinity.



Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics

Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics



Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.

Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.



Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.

Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.



A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales...

A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales...



If you have a hammer, use it everywhere you can, but I do not claim that everything is fractal.

If you have a hammer, use it everywhere you can, but I do not claim that everything is fractal.



Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.



Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.

Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.



A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale.

A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale.





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