The fractal geometry of nature
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 1983
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman
- Retrieved
- Jun 12, 2012
- ISBN
- 0R2LkE3N7-
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Geometry Seems Disconnected from Reality
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. 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... Nature…