Notable quotes about fractal geometry by famous fractal artists and scientists including Benoit Mandelbrot, Daniel Pinchbeck and Terry Pratchett.
Inspirational quotes to help motivate you and understand maths, science, art and culture. In this collection we have gathered the best quotes by leading fractal scientists and mathematicians including Benoit Mandelbrot, Galileo Galilei and Bertrand Russell. We have funny quotes by righters such as Terry Pratchett and philosophical quotes by some of the worlds greatest culture contributors such as Daniel Pinchbeck and Terence McKenna and James Gleick.
"Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently." - Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Celebrating the life of the greatest fractal pioneer - Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924 - 2010). Known as the father of fractal geometry, whose originality has given birth to entire disciplines in maths and art.
"Being a language, mathematics may be used not only to inform but also, among other things, to seduce." - Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Celebrating the life of the greatest fractal pioneer- Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924 - 2010). Known as the father of fractal geometry, whose originality has given birth to entire disciplines in maths and art.
Terry Pratchett Quotes
"It has been said that everything everywhere affects everything else. This may be true. Or perhaps the world is just full of patterns." - Terry Pratchett
Celebrating the life of a man with a truly fractal imagination - Sir Terry Pratchett (1948 - 2015). Known for his novels set in the Discworld. His imaginative writing describing chaos often allowed us to live for a moment in the fractal dimension.
"Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized." - Terry Pratchett
Celebrating a man with a truly fractal imagination - Sir Terry Pratchett OBE (1948 - 2015). Known for his novels set in the Discworld which are filled with humour and wonder, that often took us to a fractal dimension.
Quotes by Mathematicians About Fractals
"Fractal geometry will make you see everything differently." - Michael F. Barnsley
Celebrating the life of a man that put fractals to use - Michael Fielding Barnsley (born 1946) A British mathematician and pioneer in the works of fractal compression. Author of the 1988 book Fractals Everywhere and in 2006 SuperFractals.
"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty" - Bertrand Russell
Celebrating the life of a man who understand the meaning of mathematics - Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970). One of the 20th-century great minds in mathematics and philosophy. According to Russell, the secret to real happiness is to live expansively, freeing up creative impulses of generosity and affection and allowing others to enjoy the same autonomy.
"The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics." - Galileo Galilei
Celebrating the life of a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences - Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642). Galileo is considered the father of modern science and made major contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy.
Quotes by Fractal Artist
"But fractals are more than just a mathematical curiosity, or a computer hobbyist's plaything: they shape us and the world we live in." - Bill Hirst
Celebrating the life of a man that showed us the fractal world through his photography - Bill Hirst (born 1953). British photographer and physicist, his seminal book "Fractal Landscapes from the Real World" demonstrated the fractal character of natural and man-made landscapes.
Famous quotes About Fractals
"In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity." - James Gleick
Celebrating the life of the fractal pioneer - James Gleick (born 1954). His Pulitzer Prize-winning book Chaos: Making a New Science (1987) introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to the public.
"Modern humans became fixated on a collective hallucination of linear time, ignoring the fractal spirals of the surrounding universe." - Daniel Pinchbeck
Celebrating the life of the psychedelic shaman - Daniel Pinchbeck. He is an American author and leader in the psychedelic culture.
Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism,
"It's a product of the fractal laws that govern the world at an informational level. There is no deeper truth." - Terence McKenna
Celebrating the life of a man that ventured into the fractal dimension - Terence McKenna (1946 - 2000). McKenna formulated a concept about the nature of time based on fractal patterns he claimed to have discovered in the I Ching, which he called novelty theory.
Fractal FAQ
Question: Who invented the fractal?
Answer: While much of the credit for the development of fractal geometry goes to Benoît Mandelbrot, many other mathematicians in the century preceding him laid the foundations for his work. These include Karl Weierstrass, Georg Cantor, Felix Hausdorff, Gaston Julia, Pierre Fatou, and Paul Lévy.
Question: When was the first fractal discovered?
Answer: At the beginning of the 20th century, mathematicians Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia discovered fractal patterns. The first person to name this concept was Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975.
Question: What is the Mandelbrot fractal?
Answer: The Mandelbrot set is a fractal made using mathematics. It is named after the mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot.
Question: Where does the word fractal come from?
Answer: The term fractal was coined by mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975. He based it on the Latin word frāctus, which means broken or fractured, using it to extend the concept of theoretical fractional dimensions to geometric patterns found in nature.
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Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism,
