A cross section of a fractal pattern, created by a laser in the Wits Structured Light Laboratory. Wits University We all appreciate the beauty of Nature, whether it be cloud patterns, mountain ranges ...

While working on a second college degree in the 1980s, Don Bristow came across a book called “The Fractal Geometry of Nature.” The book’s purpose was to show that fractals — geometric shapes with ...

Matt Metcalf is spending his summer doing math and hoping for a “Eureka!” moment. His ultimate goal is to generate original fractal tilings, they study of which may someday be used by video game ...

We've all seen it before. The beautifully painted butterfly that appears when you spread open two sheets of paper, after covering them with paint and pushing them together. The geometrically shaped ...