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Fractal Growth

Growth in nature can produce the sprawling, tenuous patterns called fractals. One kind of fractal growth explains such diverse phenomena as how some solids crystallize and how air bubbles move in fluids

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 256 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Fractal Growth” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 256 No. 1 (), p. 94
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0187-94