African Fractals
Modern Computing and Indigenous Design
$134.75
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1999
Summary
Fractals are characterized by the repetition of similar patterns at ever-diminishing scales. Fractal geometry has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers on the border between mathematics and information technology and can be seen in many of the swirling patterns produced by computer graphics. It has become a new tool for modeling in biology, geology, and other natural sciences. Anthropologists have observed that the patterns produced in different cultures can be characterized by specif…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813526140 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0813526140 |
| Author: | Ron Eglash |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Imprint: | Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Ron Eglash
Ron Eglash recieved a bachelor of science degree in cybernetics and his master of science in systems engineering, and he worked at National Semiconductor as a human factors engineer. He returned to the University of California for a doctorate on the cultural analysis of science and technology from the Board of Studies in History in Conciousness, and after graduating recieved a Fulbright scholarship for research in ethnomathematics at the University of Dakar in Senegal. He is currently an assistant professor at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
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