Fractals: An Animated Discussion

Fractal geometry is perhaps the most exciting discovery of contemporary mathematics. FRACTALS: AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION is a rare combination of full-color animated sequences and intriguing interviews. The film turns the Mandelbrot set and the Lorenz attractor into visible and easily comprehensible objects as their discoverers, Benoit Mandelbrot and Edward Lorenz, discuss the background history history and details of their work. The film features spectacular new computer-graphic illustrations of chaos and self-similarity as well as music composed according to fractal principles.

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Release Date

January 1, 1990

Status

Released

Original Title

Fractals: An Animated Discussion

Runtime

1h 3min

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Production Companies

W. H. Freeman and Company