Download or read book Fractals: A Very Short Introduction written by K. J. Falconer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential discussion of the popular science and mathematics behind fractals reveals how fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature from clouds to coastlines, and explains how basic concepts in fractal geometry produced a revolution in mathematical understandings of patterns in the 20th century.