granvold@tymix.UUCP (granvold) (11/07/83)
I am looking for a copy of Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension by B. B. Mandelbrot, W. H. Freeman, 1977. I have not been able to find a copy of this locally. If anyone knows where I can buy a copy, please let me know. Tom Granvold Tymshare Cupertino, Calif.
ron@uokvax.UUCP (11/15/83)
#R:tymix:-14000:uokvax:3300002:000:128 uokvax!ron Nov 13 18:58:00 1983 could you let me know also? maybe just post it to the net for all to read... ron ...ctvax!uokvax!ron ...duke!uok!uokvax!ron
sesv@ihuxp.UUCP (Steve Sommars) (11/16/83)
The book on fractals is: "The Fractal Geometry of Nature" by Benoit B. Mandelbrot W.H. Freeman and Company (1983) This is the latest revision of Mandelbrot's text. I recommend it to both casual readers (it has nice pictures) and to anyone who wants an overview of the subject. Steve Sommars ..ihnp4!ihuxp!sesv AT&T Bell Laboratories -- Steve Sommars ihuxp!sesv IW 1F470 x7976
scott@cornell.UUCP (Scott Smith) (11/21/83)
For those who are willing to spend the money, the recent edition of "The Fractal Geometry of Nature" may be ordered directly from the publisher. The price is $32.50 plus $1.50 postage (CA, NY, UT add sales tax too). Send the check (US dollars for Canadians) to: W. H. Freeman and Company 4419 West 1980 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104 After trying for a few weeks to get one of the three copies the Cornell libraries have, I gave up and bought the book at the local bookstore. Little mathematical background is needed to get the main ideas, and from what I have read so far, the book is quite readable. Words cannot describe the vast assortment of illustrations. The guy is pretty heady and doesn't hide it. My favorite line found thus far is in the caption to plate 271: (the plate is some sequences of a film made a few years back, in 1976) ..."in 1981, the film looks ridiculously primitive, but it may acquire antiquitarian value." Who knows, maybe he is right. -scott smith (arpa: scott@cornell; usenet:..decvax!cornell!scott)