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Nature 429, 18-20 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/430018b

Infinite beauty

Kenneth Falconer1

BOOK REVIEWEDFractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond

by Benoit B. Mandelbrot


Springer: 2004. 308 pp. $49.95, £38.50, euro dollar49.95

It was just over 20 years ago that the Mandelbrot set took the world by storm. Pictures of extraordinary complexity and beauty appeared in scientific and glossy magazines, on the walls of art galleries and classrooms, on posters and even on tablemats.

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