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more about #mathematics atlasfugged: In addition to Daniel White's site (Annalee provides the link above), here is some additional information, including snippets of code for those who ar... more » Guang: So when do we get a 3d one that we can zoom in on, so we can see the pretty repeating patterns? more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Behold, the nature's living fractal. more » albar: Here's a link to far better images of the Mandelbulb: [www.skytopia.com] more » alexkap090909: Looks like something Solaris might manifest on its surface. more » SpammerOvTheGods: if there is a god, mathematics is how he talks. beautiful. #@! more » reckoner23: The first one? more » Indigen: It looks damn ugly to me. I think anyone who finds it attractive hasn't walked in enough woods or seen enough infections. It looks like something dise... more » Lunargent: Now, make it for me in a nice resin so I can put it in a pot of dirt, paint it green and never have to water it! more » Derek Pegritz: Fractals don't emulate anything in nature: nature is built on mathematics. more » DrMathochist: It's one possible generalization, but the creators tweaked it until they found something that looks neat. Not to disparage it, but it's not really qu... more » Dirk Anger: hmmm that looks like somethin my mom cooks... but in green more » Hypnosifl: This post needs a link to the website of the guy who created the image, since the site includes lots more beautiful images and also his explanation of... more » Shai: Do fractals emulate natural patterns, or do natural patterns emulate fractals? more » LoganAdams: I thought that was a tree fungus when I first saw it. It's stunning and oddly beautiful. more » Erich Benjamin Spurgin: Why shouldn't we study zombie attacks? more » Anekanta - Go Play!: I've said it before and I'll say it again: study people like the Australian Aborigines or the Khoisan for better cooperative dynamics. They may be st... more » Jonny_eh: The professor behind the study wrote a similar defense for our local paper, [www.ottawacitizen.com] I also interviewed the author for our podcast, [w... more » Alessar: Funny, I was just having this chain of thoughts the other day in that "Zombie Apocalypse" would be a great mental exercise to plan for because it repr... more » Jeb_Hoge: All I can say is I will voluntarily stay away from any "zombie walk" because, y'know, you can't be too sure and I'd hate to bash in someone's head by ... more » -
#mathporn
The First Three-Dimensional Image of a Mandelbrot Fractal Is Stunning
Behold the "Mandelbulb." This is a three-dimensional image created using the Mandelbrot set, a mathematical structure whose edges form fractals. The result is something that looks like an alien tree. Which isn't surprising, since fractals emulate patterns in nature. More » -
#zombies
Why Should We Study Zombie Attacks?
Last month, a group of mathematicians grabbed headlines with their mathematical model of the zombie apocalypse. But as one science journalist notes, such studies are more than amusing academic anecdotes; they can actually serve a very legitimate social interest. More » -
#zombiemath
A Mathematical Model for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
We may think we know how best to eradicate the zombie threat, but movies and books give us, at best, an anecdotal account of how to deal with the undead. A new paper, however, offers mathematical models for human survival. More » -
#madscience
Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist
Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate, by virtue of geometric progression, that vampires could not exist, since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply (a.k.a, all of us).
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