Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Fractals: The Colors of Infinity

Fractals: The Colors of Infinity

The Mandelbrot set—someone has called it the thumbprint of God—is one of the most beautiful and remarkable discoveries in the entire history of mathematics. With Arthur C. Clarke as narrator and interviews with a number of notable mathematicians, including Benoît Mandelbrot, this program graphically illustrates how simple formulas can lead to complicated results: it explains the set, what it means, its internal consistency, and the revolutions in thought resulting from its discovery. Asked if the real universe goes on forever, Stephen Hawking defines its limit of smallness; the Mandelbrot set, on the other hand, may go on forever. (52 minutes)

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Item#: BVL4976
Copyright date: ©1994
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-0304-4
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6092-4


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