A presentation of results on the largest fractal structures in the universe. It seeks to guide the reader, in a simple way, to the frontiers of astronomy, explaining how fractals appear in cosmic physics, from our solar system to the megafractals in deep space. It also offers a personal view of the history of the idea of self-similarity and of cosmological principles, from Plato's ideal architecture of the heavens to Mandelbrot's fractals in the modern physical cosmos. In addition, it discusses the great fractal debate in astronomy (after Luciano Pietronero's first fractal analysis of the galaxy universe), which illustrates how new concepts and deeper observations reveal unexpected aspects of nature.
By:
Yurij Baryshev (St Petersburg Univ Russia), Pekka Teerikorpi (Univ Of Turku, Finland) Foreword by:
Benoit Mandelbrot Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Country of Publication: Singapore Dimensions:
Height: 230mm,
Width: 173mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 581g ISBN:9789810248727 ISBN 10: 9810248725 Pages: 408 Publication Date:15 October 2002 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
