Fractals are complicated figures that repeat at even smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that can't be represented by classical geometry. Basically fractals are objects that are made up of very very small copies of themselves. Fractals are used in computers such as screen savers and they are used in nature. There are many different types of uses for fractals such as a Julia set or a Mandelbrot.

Newton was not one of the men to discover fractals but other scientists built off of his idea. At first he did not know he discoverd fractals. He was born on the forth of January 1643 as he grew he studied at the University of Cambridge. Benoit Mandelbrot was also one of the people who discovered fractals. He gave these shapes the name of “fractals.” It means broken or fractured. Being a French-Jewish American mathematician he was best know as the “Father of Fractals.” Gaston Julia was born on February 3, 1818-March 19 1978. He was one of the last men to discover fractals. He got the idea from Benoit Mandelbrot.

You can find fractals anywhere such as a leave and it's repeating patter or a cloud's shape,usually it's not a perfect shape. Nature is not made up of circles and squares but more complicated figures know as fractals.

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By : Hannah and Alyx