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11. A little more: Fractals, The Hidden Dimension:

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 05:16 AM

Jul 2014

Published on Jun 4, 2013

What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks and the rings of Saturn have in common?*

They all consist of fractals, irregular repeating shapes found in cloud formations,tree limbs, stalks of broccoli and craggy mountain ranges and even in the human heart.

Discovered by mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, they are the architecture used by nature.

*Will sound woo to some, but it's NOVA.

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Hat tip to Uncle Joe. [View all] littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 OP

Thank you, littlemissmartypants, that's quite beautiful. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #1

Absolutely! littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #3

Thank you again, littlemissmartypants. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #6

Same mathematical set as everthing: freshwest Jul 2014 #10

"Every bright spot is a galaxy." littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #14

A little more: Fractals, The Hidden Dimension: freshwest Jul 2014 #11

Thanks for your post, freshwest. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #13

More littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #2

2 Hour silent animation of fractals. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #4

Love, Peace and Shelter littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #5

Indeed!!! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #7

Thanks, DeSwiss. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #8

! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #9

Thanks so much! littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #12

Beautiful!!! K&R!! hue Jul 2014 #15

Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #17

In the late 90's I had a coffee stain on my work desk rock Jul 2014 #16

Perfect. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #18

Regular. rock Jul 2014 #19

Exactly. eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #20

K&R&bookmark JEB Jul 2014 #21

VERY NICE! & the ADDITIONS! KoKo Jul 2014 #22