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- From: boshoff@sunvax.sun.ac.za (Hendrik Boshoff)
- Newsgroups: sci.fractals
- Subject: Re: fractal videos
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.185149.5672@sunvax.sun.ac.za>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 16:51:49 GMT
- References: <Jan06.181327.60627@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Organization: University of Stellenbosch
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- In article <Jan06.181327.60627@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>,
- dfuquay@CS.ColoState.EDU (d'ann fuquay) writes:
-
- > A friend of mine is looking for a good video about fractals. She
- > wants to use it in a presentation about fractals to a local group of
- > engineers. Can anybody out there recommend one or more? Of course,
- > any pointers to how to acquire whatever you recommend will be
- > appreciated.
- >
- > dfuquay@mesa2.mesa.colorado
-
- There is now a whole range of possible videos. I have only seen one
- (which I own, and can recommend highly) namely "Fractals: an
- animated discussion --- Interviews with Benoit Mandelbrot and
- Edward Lorenz," by H-O Peitgen, H Jurgens and D Saupe.
- They are of course the Bremen people who wrote "The Beauty
- of Fractals" and "The Science of Fractal Images," and more
- recently a two volume introduction "Fractals for the class room."
-
- This video is "accessible to high school students on up."
- It contains animations of fractals, fractal music, explanations
- of some fractal concepts, a very elegant experiment with magnets,
- and of course the interviews with the grand people of fractals
- and "chaos."
-
- I would say it is very suitable for an introduction to engineers,
- but I have seen non-technical people enjoy it immensely.
- It was last priced at $50 at a mail order firm in California:
- Media Magic, PO Box 507, Nicasio, CA 94946, 415-662-2426,
- but it is also availible directly from the publishers;
- WH Freeman if I remember correctly.
-
- Media Magic (with whom I have no connection) have a nice
- catalog on "Computers in Science and Art", including all
- the classic books on fractals and chaos, T shirts, post cards
- and calenders with fractal designs, videos, fractal music CDs
- and software.
-
- Some of the other videos listed which you might consider, are
- titled "The beauty and complexity of the Mandelbrot set"
- (John Hubbard), "The fractal universe -- educational" and
- "Dynamical Systems" (Robert L Devaney).
-
- Hope you find what you're looking for.
-
- Hendrik
- --
- Hendrik F.V. Boshoff
- Dept E&E Ingenieurswese Dept E&E Engineering
- Universiteit van Stellenbosch University of Stellenbosch
- SUID-AFRIKA SOUTH AFRICA
- email boshoff@firga.sun.ac.za
-