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    • Fractals: The Colors Of Infinity

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      The Mandelbrot set has been considered one of the most magnificent and incredible discoveries in mathematics history. It has even been referred to as the “thumb-print of God”. Arthur C. Clarke narrates this interesting film about infinity, the Mandelbrot set and fractals by presenting by science fiction and science fact. He interviews a number of mathematical experts throughout the film, including Benoit Mandelbrot.Fractals: The Colors of Infinity is a remarkable film that examines how the simplest formulas can eventually lead into complicated results. It gives viewers an in-depth look into the Mandelbrot set, its internal consistency, the revolutionary thoughts that have resulted from its discovery and overall what it  means.

      During the 1970s the creation of the silicon chip created groundbreaking computers and communication and has since altered our way of life. We are now seeing another dramatic change that is going adjust our view of the universe and provide us with a more thorough understanding of how it works.

      With the help of Dr. Michael Barnsley and Professor Ian Stewart, viewers will be taken on an exploration of the fractal universe. Dr. Barnsley is a former professor of mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was given a 2.5 million dollar government grant in 1991 to create a fractal image compression systems. Dr. Stewart is a professor of the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick and is also an author of at least 100 published scientific works.

       

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      Published on November 10, 2009 · Filed under: Science, Technology

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    • spacebunny

      Wow, it's Clarke. He's back from the dead.

    • Jack Kebek

      The greatest never die… like totally :)

    • CBat

      I think I prefer this to the other fractal docu. Thanks for uploading!

    • satan

      there is an equation that if u put into a mandlebrot set and zoom in for about 666 hours u will see a picture of me

    • spacebunny

      Really? Was that before or after the pictures of penguins and bunnies?

    • DK McGreeb

      i cant believe that weird-talking grey haired prick had to spoil it at the end by saying its the work of god, there is just no escaping these retards even in science

    • robertm

      Hominid Apes will be hominid apes.

    • jes

      Anarcho-Capitalism is the only fractally consistent political philosophy.

      Self-similar, and simple rules can create beauty.

    • tom servo

      the planck length is the blank page for which the 1st "seed" of the fractal begins? if there is a beginning. but don't fractals have to begin with a "seed"? i'm ignorant but interested.

    • geog

      The first thing that came to my mind after watching this was a book on water crystals by Masaru Emoto. These crystals have a Mandelbrot look about them even for someone like me who knows absolutely zilch on the suject.

    • Sinncier

      They say that the plank length is the smallest measurable length. That WE can measure they mean right? If something can be cut in half, then that piece be cut in half, then that peice can be cut in half, and the plank length be cut in half, then wouldnt that suggest that units and the universe is infinite? As a whole, everything can be split in two, EVERY seperate WHOLE has 2 halfs. So plank length can not be the smallest length. Length is INFINITE. Big or small.

    • Ana

      the most amasing thing I ever heard!!and it makes sence, with this we can try to reproduce a map of inter-comunication for any life form. with this new language in his baby steps we can re-shape the preception on time. can anyone see that? the potential in pratical ways not yet discovered?it can and hopefully it will change everything. if we can do this and see this is possible to re-think a completly new way of organization. sociologicaly, tecnologicaly, cronologicaly, …, in everything…

    • Cathy

      Fractals are the greatest news to science, art in our lifetime. Infinity has never seemed so cool.

    • Lil’Carla

      A bit superficial – would have liked to know how exactly to apply the formula. Anyways, great music, and great scientist.
      Worth a watch.
      ~ Lil’Carla

    • antick

      science is slowly making its way to discovering god, whether you like it or not. The discovery of the fractal is the biggest leap mankind has made towards that discovery. Forcing yourself not to see an infinite being behind the work of the fractal is as desperate as discarding rain (or other source of water) as the cause of the puddle in front of you. There is only one way of looking at the fractal reality without the inevitable question of WHY and HOW.

      P.s. i doubt he meant any particular sort of god, such as the christian god. Its whatever you want it to be, it could even be your own consciousness, as long as it contains the infinity of a fractal within itself

     
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