Other Fractal Links

Since my own explanation of fractals & their nature is fairly basic, I wanted to include some links to several wonderful educational sites that I think you might find useful.

TECHNICAL EXPLANATIONS / DEFINITIONS:

A very good, but technical explanation of fractals and their properties.

http://www.math.okstate.edu/mathdept/dynamics/

An excellent learning resource geared towards elementary and middle school students that is perfect for anyone who needs to know the basics, with lots of visual references.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/

A series of lessons from Yale University with many illustrations--starts simple and gets very complex.
http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/

BIOGRAPHIES:

One of the founders of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot

Another founder, Gaston Maurice Julia.

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

ORGANIZATIONS:

The Fractal Foundation is an educational organization whose mission is to educate and inspire people about mathematics, art, science, chaos theory and nature.

http://www.fractalfoundation.org/

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