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Hackery, Math & Design — Acko.net. Our Mission : FractalFoundation.org. Our Mission: We use the beauty of fractals to inspire interest in Science, Math and Art. Our vision is for a world of wonder and curiosity, a culture of scientific inquiry, an appreciation of the interconnections of natural systems and an understanding of their essential nonlinearity.

We see a world where everyone is mathematically literate and has a grasp of how math is a powerful tool to help turn their visions into reality. We are out to change the culture. We have enough sports heroes and movie stars. What we need are some science heroes, and some math stars. History: The Fractal Foundation was formed in 2003, as an outgrowth of the Albuquerque based “Chaos Club”. The stunning beauty of the Mineral Radiolarians Skeletons. +69 more posted on Jul, 21 2012 @ 12:30 PM Radiolarians are holoplanktonic protozoa, a form of plankton found throughout the worlds oceans. One of the most interesting aspects of these organisms is that they possess a skeleton composed of amorphous silica. Their skeletons take on a diverse set of forms from ornate geodesic-like polyhedral lattices, spike encrusted spheres, to other complex geometric designs...

Let's take a closer look at some beautiful pictures of these Radiolarians Skeletons... Mixed Radiolarians in Darkfield IlluminationSource Coloured SEM of a radiolarian, Cecryphalium sp.Source Replication of the SEM (scanning electron Microscope) look of a RadiolarianSource Christopher B. Photomicrograph of radiolarians taken at X1500 by using a scanning electron microscope. German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) focus for many years was an intricate, single-celled organism known as a Radiolarian. Fractaluniverse.pdf. Zen Mandelbrot Offline Fractal Generator. Developer: Zen Dog Software License: Shareware Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista Price: $14.99 Price is subject to change at any time by the company Date added: Last Update: Average Rating: Not yet rated.

Your Rating: Please login to rate the software. ( Free Trial |2.56 MB )Zen Mandelbrot 1.1.2430 Publisher's description Relax and "zen out" while watching intricate fractals being built before your eyes. Watch as Zen Mandelbrot creates stunning fractal imagery on your computer display! Some screen savers just show a slide show of a limited number of images and can quickly get rather repetitive, but Zen Mandelbrot will continue to find new and interesting sections of the Mandelbrot Set, creating works of fractal art automatically while your computer sleeps.

Several customization settings are available to help you fine tune the range of images that will be shown. Any image that is created can be saved instantly by pressing the PrtScn button, without interrupting the show. A visual exploration on mapping complex networks. Fractal 3d. Fractal Universe. The Mandelbulb: first 'true' 3D image of famous fractal - physics-math - 18 November 2009. See: our gallery of how the Mandelbrot set burst out of two dimensions It may look like a piece of virtuoso knitting, but the makers of an image they call the Mandelbulb (see right) claim it is most accurate three-dimensional representation to date of the most famous fractal equation: the Mandelbrot set. Fractal figures are generated by an "iterative" procedure: you apply an equation to a number, apply the same equation to the result and repeat that process over and over again. When the results are translated into a geometric shape, they can produce striking "self-similar" images, forms that contain the same shapes at different scales; for instance, some look uncannily like a snowflake.

The tricky part is finding an equation that produces an interesting image. The most famous fractal equation is the 2D Mandelbrot set, named after the mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot of Yale University, who coined the name "fractals" for the resulting shapes in 1975. Fake fractal The next dimension.