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| | Q1: | I want to learn about fractals. What should I read/view first? |
| | A1: | Chaos: Makeing a New Science, by James Gleick, is a good book to get a |
| general overview and history that does not require an extensive math |
| background. Fractals Everywhere, by Michael Barnsley, and Measure Topology and |
| Fractal Geometry, by G. A. Edgar, are textbooks that describe mathematically |
| what fractals are and how to generate them, but they requires a college level |
| mathematics background. Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics, by R. L. Devaney, is |
| also a good start. There is a longer book list at the end of the FAQ (see |
| "What are some general references?"). |
| Also, there are networked resources available, such as : |
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| Exploring Fractals and Chaos |
| http://www.lib.rmit.edu.au/fractals/exploring.html |
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| Fractal Microscope |
| http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/Fractal/Fractal_Home.html |
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| Dynamical Systems and Technology Project: a introduction for high-school |
| students |
| http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/dysys.html |
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| An Introduction to Fractals (Written by Paul Bourke) |
| http://www.mhri.edu.au/~pdb/fractals/fracintro.html |
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| Fractals and Scale (by David G. Green) |
| http://life.csu.edu.au/complex/tutorials/tutorial3.html |
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| What are fractals? (by Neal Kettler) |
| http://www.vis.colostate.edu/~us er1209/fractals/fracinfo.html |
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| Fract-ED a fractal tutorial for beginners, targeted for high school/tech |
| school students. |
| http://www.ealnet.com/ealsoft/fracted.htm |
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| Mandelbrot Questions & Answers (without any scary details) by Paul |
| Derbyshire |
| http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh/mandlfaq.html |
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| The natural geometry of fractals a good text illustrated with interactive |
| Java applets |
| http://www.go2net.com/internet/deep/1996/12/11 |
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| Godric's fractal gallery. A brief introduction to Fractals clear and well |
| illustrated explanations |
| http://www.gozen.demon.co.uk/godric/fracgall.html |
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| Lystad Fractal Info complex numbers and fractals |
| http://www.iglobal.net/pub/lystad/lystad-fractal-info.html |
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| Fractal eXtreme : fractal theory theoritical informations |
| http://www.cygnus-software.com/theory/theory.htm |
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| Frode Gill Fractal pages mathematical and programming data about classical |
| fractals and quaternions |
| http://www.krs.hia.no/~fgill/fractal.html |
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| Fractals : a history |
| http://www.bdx1.u-bordeaux.fr/MAPBX/louvet/history.html |
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| Basic informations about fractals |
| http://www.bdx1.u-bordeaux.fr/MAPBX/louvet/jpl1a.html |
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