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Applying Fractals in Astronomy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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Applying Fractals in Astronomy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, 3
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'Fractal geometry addressesitselfto questions that many people have
been asking themselves. It con cerns an aspect of Nature that
almost everybody had been conscious of, but could not address in a
formal fashion. ' 'Fractal geometry seems to be the proper language
to describe the complezity of many very compli cated shapes around
us. ' (Mandelbrot, 1990a) 'I believe that fractals respond to a
profound un easiness in man. ' (Mandelbrot, 1990b) The catchword
fractal, ever since it was coined by Mandelbrot (1975) to refer to
a class of abstract mathematical objects that were already known at
the turn ofthe 19th century, has found an unprecedented resonance
both inside and outside the scientific community. Fractal concepts,
far more than the concepts of catastrophe theory introduced a few
years earlier, are currently being applied not only in the physical
sciences, but also in biology and medicine (Goldberger and West
1987). In the mid-eighties, Kadanoff (1986) asked the question:
'Why all the fuss about /ractals' '. He offered a twofold answer:
in the first place, it is 'because of the practical, technological
importance of fractal objects'. Indeed he emphasised the relevance
of these structures for materials scientists and oil drilling
engineers, in search of structures with novel properties, or models
for the flow of oil through the soil. His second answer was:
'Because of the intellectual interest of fractals '."
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