Main Title |
The fractal geometry of nature / |
Author |
Mandelbrot, Benoit B.,
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Publisher |
W.H. Freeman, |
Year Published |
1982 |
OCLC Number |
07876824 |
ISBN |
0716711869; 9780716711865 |
Subjects |
Geometry ;
Mathematical models ;
Stochastic processes ;
Fractals ;
Fraktal ;
Meetkunde ;
Natuur
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
QA447.M357 1982 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/31/2011 |
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Collation |
460 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Revised version of author's 1977 work, "Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension." Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-443) and index. |
Contents Notes |
I. Introduction -- II. Three classic fractals, tamed -- III. Galaxies and eddies -- IV. Scaling fractals -- V. Nonscaling fractals -- VI. Self-mapping fractals -- VII. Randomness -- VIII. Stratified random fractals -- IX. Fractional Brown fractals -- X. Random tremas: texture -- XI. Miscellany -- XII. Of men and ideas. Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, and lightening does not travel in a straight line. The complexity of nature's shapes differs in kind, not merely degree, from that of the shapes of ordinary geometry, the geometry of fractal shapes. |
Place Published |
San Francisco : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1982. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
81015085 //r84 |
Merged OCLC records |
10080265; 16604206; 1019891198 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19890927104747 |
Language |
ENG |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00872cam 2200289 a 45010 |