The Computational Beauty of Nature
Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos,
Complex Systems, and Adaptation


About the Book
  · title page
  · home*
  · cover artwork
  · jacket text
  · table of contents
  · the author*
  · ordering information
Book Contents
  · three themes
  · part synopses
  · selected excerpts
  · all figures from book
  · quotes from book
  · glossary from book
  · bibliography
  · slide show
Source Code
  · overview &
documentation
  · FAQ list*
  · download source code
  · java applets
Miscellany
  · news*
  · reviews & awards
  · errata
  · for educators
  · bibliography (BibTeX format)
  · other links
Slide Show


All of the images below were produced with the software from the book. To keep the size and bandwidth requirements of this web page at a reasonable size, the images (including the enlarged ones) are relatively crude. That is to say, the software can do much better. To compensate for this, I've added some color to images that would normally be black-and-white. Also, the Mandelbrot and Julia Set images have a color-maps that were produced by The Gimp.

Click on any of the thumbnail images to see a larger version.

L-System Fractals
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IFS and MRCM Fractals
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Mandelbrot and Julia Set Fractals
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Chaotic Dynamics
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Complex Systems
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Copyright © Gary William Flake, 1998-2002. All Rights Reserved. Last modified: 30 Nov 2002