Then Common Vein

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Introduction

Mandelbrot Set

Complex – yet Simple principles 1980 Adding and multiplying

Nature does not deal with smooth continuous objects but in fractals (Arthur Clarke and Mandelbrot)

Living creatures are complicated  structures made up from simple rules simple laws and chemistry  – Pattern structure

Little pieces soetimnes look like the larger piece

Fractals and the Art of roughness (TED talk)

References

Fractalman Fractal Globules in DNA

Mandelbrot Benoit Wiki

McNully Jess Earth’s most stunning fractals

WebEcoist

Wikipedia