Fractals: An Animated Discussion with Edward Lorenz and Benoit B Mandelbrot

Synopsis

Shows computer-graphic illustrations of chaos and self-similarity, accompanied by music composed according to fractal principles, thus presenting the Mandelbrot set, Julia set and the Lorenz attractor as visible objects. Their discoverers, Benoit B Mandelbrot and Edward Lorenz, discuss the background, history and details of their work.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 63 min.

Year of production

1990

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Notes

Reviewed by Nina Hall in ‘New Scientist’, 1 Dec 1990, p 66.

Uses

Art colleges, and those interested in the interfaces between computers, mathematics, nature and art.*

Subjects

Mathematics; Physics

Keywords

chaos theory; fractal geometry; Julia set; Lorenz attractor; Mandelbrot set

Credits

Writer

C Zahlten; D Saupe; H Jurgens; Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Contributor

Benoit B Mandelbrot; Edward Lorenz

Production Company

Name

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag

Web

http://www.spektrum-verlag.com External site opens in new window

Address

Germany

Distributor

Name

Freeman (W H) & Company Ltd