Fractal Horizons: The Future Use of Fractals

by Clifford A. Pickover (Editor)

Seventeen articles explore the challenges of using computer-generated fractals in education, art, music, fashion, chess, and medicine. Despite a handy glossary and a first chapter called "Conquering the Math Bogeyman," the collection is definitely geared toward mathemeticians, scientists, and technically minded computer artists and hobbyists. The number of tables, graphs and program codes nearly exceeds the number of poor-resolution black and white fractal images, but anyone willing to wade through the math will find well-explained how-to sections and fascinating non-technical topics, too like Danielle Gaines's fractal-inspired underwear designs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

355 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Clifford Alan Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity. For many years, he was employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York, where he was editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He has been granted more than 700 U.S. patents, is an elected Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and is author of more than 50 books, translated into more than a dozen languages.