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A review by paulogonzalez
Introducing Fractals: A Graphic Guide by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
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An easy read into fractals, a good recommendation if you don't know anything about fractals, almost time consuming if you have a deeper knowledge. Some text only and many more pictures, it would be a better idea to print them in better quality for some of them are not very clear. And also it would be better to have them in color instead of black and white.
The book has two parts clearly distinct. The first one is a brief history of fractal geometry, from Plato to Mandelbrot through Newton, emphasizing, of course, the figure of Benoît Mandelbrot, whom the book devotes the more pages as the true creator of the notion of 'fractal'.
The second one is a collection of examples of the occurrence of fractals. Nature, physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, art, architecture, etc., but all of them barely developed and poorly explained. This book is a good place to know what is a fractal and where we can find them, but that's all, if you really want to learn more about the subject you have to seek it elsewhere, not here. The book itself provides a good bibliography to find your own way in fractals.
Truly I'd recommend the book to those who know nothing about fractals, but it's not my case and this is the reason why I have not enjoyed it.
The book has two parts clearly distinct. The first one is a brief history of fractal geometry, from Plato to Mandelbrot through Newton, emphasizing, of course, the figure of Benoît Mandelbrot, whom the book devotes the more pages as the true creator of the notion of 'fractal'.
The second one is a collection of examples of the occurrence of fractals. Nature, physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, art, architecture, etc., but all of them barely developed and poorly explained. This book is a good place to know what is a fractal and where we can find them, but that's all, if you really want to learn more about the subject you have to seek it elsewhere, not here. The book itself provides a good bibliography to find your own way in fractals.
Truly I'd recommend the book to those who know nothing about fractals, but it's not my case and this is the reason why I have not enjoyed it.