nbrown@potomac.ads.com (Nathan Brown) (04/16/91)
Newsgroups: comp.theory.dynamic Subject: Book Evaluation Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Arlington, VA Keywords: Given money enough for only one book, which of the following would you choose: Fractals Everywhere--Barnesly ($45) OR Fractal Geometry--Falconer ($70--ouch!)? Currently leaning toward the latter. It's more compact and it SEEMS to have a cleaner presentation of the material. Thanks for any opinions. --Nathan -- Nathon Brown Advanced Decision Systems Internet: nbrown@potomac.ads.com
edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (04/17/91)
>Fractal Geometry--Falconer ($70--ouch!)?
I thought the list price is $39.95 ...
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Columbus, OH 43210 ...!{att,pyramid}!osu-cis!shape.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgarkmc@netcom.COM (Kevin McCarty) (04/19/91)
nbrown@potomac.ads.com (Nathan Brown) writes: >Given money enough for only one book, which of the following would you >choose: Fractals Everywhere--Barnesly ($45) OR Fractal >Geometry--Falconer ($70--ouch!)? Currently leaning toward the latter. >It's more compact and it SEEMS to have a cleaner presentation of the >material. Thanks for any opinions. >--Nathan My copy of Falconer cost $33.95, not $70. It's by far the better book in my opinion. More interesting mathematics exposition, wider ranging. Barnsley's book seems to play only one note-- he's got IFS's on the brain. -- Kevin McCarty kmc@netcom.COM netcom!kmc@apple.com {apple,amdahl,claris}!netcom!kmc