Synopses & Reviews
Pickover writes in the spirit of Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach and Mandelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature. With a combination of text and stunning computer-generated images, Pickover reveals an entirely new way of seeing. It is in the field of advanced computer graphics that he finds themes from high-level mathematics to chaos theory to philosophy, art and aesthetics, all interweaving in a unique and beautiful synthesis of science and art.
Review
"No human being should pass up the experience of stepping through the portals of this beautiful book . . . ." Martin Gardner, Scientific American
Review
"Fascinating. Seems to me to be a completely new way of presenting matters graphically." Isaac Asimov
Synopsis
Combining fractal theory with startling computer art, this book reveals an entirely new way of seeing. Part I introduces computer graphics and the creative use of computers. Part II describes various graphical methods for representing and detecting patterns in complicated data. Part III illustrates simple techniques for visualizing chaotic behavior. Over 275 illustrations, 29 in color.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-375) and index.