Those Amazing Fractals

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Brutus1964, Dec 29, 2004.

  1. Brutus1964 We are not alone! Registered Senior Member

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    Here are some great examples of fractals in nature. It is amazing how many things can fit into a fractal pattern.

    For starters what is a fractal?

    3D Model of a fractal.

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    Animated Giff of a Mandelbrot Set.

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    DNA strand is a fractal

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    Bacteria Culture

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    Leaf factal. Notice all three patterns match the previous one.

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    This image can be anything from a plant to a blood vein to a river to a brain neuron.

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  3. Brutus1964 We are not alone! Registered Senior Member

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    http://www.fractalcosmology.com/e-fractal2.htm

    Anyone interested in fractal cosmology please read this essay.
    Very compelling stuff. I will need to get more information on this subject. Since I learned about fractals I have become almost obsessed with them.

    What caught my eye the most was his thoeries that if classical science is correct then galaxies could not have had time to make even a single rotation since the big bang.
    He makes a good arguement how time and speed is relative to size. I'm not saying what he sais is true but he makes some very good points. I would like someone to read it and give some arguements against it.
     
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  5. Vortexx Skull & Bones Spokesman Registered Senior Member

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    Fractals are attractive for nature since it can use a recursive function instead of multiple functions and hence need to code less operators/operands to be stored in the genetic information. How else could a tiny seed grow into a large tree? Still mindblowing....
     
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  7. patcho Registered Senior Member

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    Yeh, Fractals are very cool, never heard of fractal cosmology though, thanks for the link

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