Fractals Before Computers!

        A fractal is a pattern that is repeated at a smaller scale to make shapes that cannot be idenified by basic geometry. Fractals are used mostly in computer drawings of abnormal patterns and structures in nature. Fractals are not the boring straight line or simple curve we expect from a simple equation, instead they are very complex patterns.

        Fractals are images that can be zoomed in to infinity without being pixelated. This is amazing because regular images, like your family photo, could not be zoomed in without being pixelated. Pixelated means that the image becomes distorted. Fractals are recursive. Recursive means that it repeats.

        “In principle the Mandelbrot Set could have been discovered as soon as men learned to count. But even if they never grew tired, and never made a mistake, all the human beings who have ever existed would not have sufficed to do the elementary arithmetic required to produce a Mandelbrot Set of quite modest magnification" says Arthur C. Clarke the writer of The Space Odyssey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot

        Benoît B. Mandelbrot also put his ideas to work in cosmology. This is the study of the universe in its totality, and by extension, humanity's place in it. He offered up in 1974 a different resolution to the dark night sky riddle, which is a riddle created by Arthur C. Clarke. Demonstrating the consequences of fractal theory as a unique resolution of the paradox. Paradox is a seemingly opposite, or an apparent opposition that expresses a theatrical truth. He found that if the stars in the universe were fractally distributed, it would not be necessary to rely on the Big Bang Theory to explain Olbers' Paradox. Olbers' Paradox is the argument that the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the supposition of an infinite and eternal static universe. The Big Bang Theory is a model of the universe that has become well supported by several independent observations.

        Nature has many fractals. What may first come to mind would be a snowflake. Others like trees, plants, and fruit are other examples. They connect to everything we know. The fractals help us understand the string theory which is a “complete, unified, and consistent description of the fundamental structure of our universe"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
Scientists are still developing mathmatical equations for the string theory. Mandlebrot has played a huge part in developing fractals

        Whenever a character, like Mickey Mouse, can not be played by an actor It has to be generated by some sort of fractal generator. Think about how much better the special effects in movies has become. Cartoons could not have been such a hit if Benoît B. Mandelbrot didn't discover fractals. This has helped a lot of film companies make a living.

        Fractals are now amazing after what computers do for us. We now see them almost everywhere, everyday. For example, when your looking at the forecast on the internet or on the telivision, you will see radars. These radars are fractals! They use their satallites to track down their information and then they convert their information into fractals. This is just the beginning to the amazing fractals we see today! Today scientists and other people have uncovered many other galaxy's and have found out that many are fractals. We now can learn a lot more about fractals. Join the race and discover fractals that have never been dicovered before!

Here's where we got our information:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fractals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot

http://library.thinkquest.org/3288/chaos.html

http://math.youngzones.org/Fractal%20webpages/history_fractals.html