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Nature 445, 262 (18 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445262a; Published online 17 January 2007
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Beyond fractals
J. R. Mureika1
BOOK REVIEWED-Superfractals: Patterns of Nature
by Michael F. Barnsley
Cambridge University Press: 2006. 464 pp. £25, $35
Since Benoît Mandelbrot first brought fractals to the attention of the world, their self-similar mystique has wormed its way into the physical, biological and actuarial sciences, as well as psychology and abstract art. Describing the seemingly disordered world with such geometrical simplicity has long been a target of reductionism.
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