Chaos and fractals - Heinz-Otto Peitgen

For almost 15 years chaos and fractals have been riding a wave thathas enveloped many areas of mathematics and the natural sciences inits power, creativity and expanse. Traveling far beyond thetraditional bounds of mathematics and science to the distant shores ofpopular culture, this wave captures the attention and enthusiasm of aworldwide audience.The fourteen chapters of this book cover the central ideas andconcepts of chaos and fractals as well as many related topicsincluding: the Mandelbrot Set, Julia Sets, Cellulair Automata, L-systems, Percolation and Strange Attractors. Each chapter is closedby a "Program of the Chapter" which provides computer code for acentral experiment. Two appendices complement the book. The first,by Yuval Fisher, discusses the details and ideas of fractal images andcompression; the second, by Carl J.G. Evertsz and Benoit Mandelbrot,introduces the foundations and implications of multifractals.