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The colours of infinity : the beauty and power of fractals / with contributions by Ian Stewart, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, ... [et al.].
- Title
- The colours of infinity : the beauty and power of fractals / with contributions by Ian Stewart, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Bath : Clear Books, c2004.
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| Text | Request in advance | QA614.86 .C65 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 174 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm. +
- Summary
- Accompanying DVD contains Arthur C. Clarke's Colours of infinity (53 min., c1995) and Infinit : (ca. 24 min.).
- Alternative Title
- Colors of infinity
- Fractals
- Arthur C. Clarke's colours of infinity.
- Infinit, a Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon chillout film.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- DVD-ROMs.
- Note
- "Introduced by Arthur C. Clarke." -cover
- "With DVD of original documentary soundtrack by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour." -cover
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Nature of fractal geometry -- Exploring the fractal universe -- A geometry able to include mountains and clouds -- Fractal transformations -- Fractal limits : the mandelbrot set and the self-similar tilings of M.C. Escher -- Self-organization, self-regulation and self-similarity on the fractal web -- Fractal nature of the stock market the human social experience forms a fractal -- Making the documentary -- The colours of infinity-the film script.
- DVD contains: Arthur C. Clarke's colours of infinity / A Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon film ; produced by Paul Sinclair ; with music by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd -- Infinit / a Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon chillout film ; produced by Paul Benson ; with music by the Infinity Project and Total Eclipse.
- ISBN
- 1904555055
- OCLC
- 56598231
- SCSB-10370791
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library