IBM has created a site that will turn any Tumblr into a series of fractal images. Why? 38 years ago, one of its mathematicians, Benoit Mandelbrot, discovered that nature's repetitive, complex patterns are based on simple math. Mandlebrot called these hidden patterns "fractals," and in 1978 he and others began to visualize the formulas behind them.
Fractal imagery is typified by elaborate boundaries that are recursive; when magnified, what previously looked like a point is actually the same shape again, and again, in an infinite loop. Some 35 years after they were first visualized, fractals, and in particular the Mandelbrot set that takes its name from the mathematician, are now well-known and studied across the world.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5125076/turn-any-tumblr-into-an-interactive-fractal-fest
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