COMPUTERS, PATTERN, CHAOS AND BEAUTY / Graphics From An Unseen World. By Cliffored A. Pickover. First edition, St. Martins' Press, 1990. 8vo size book, gold titled black clth binding w/DJ in pretty much as new condition. 354-pages of text fine, and with much computer-generated imagery.

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Title

Computers- Pattern- Chaos- and Beauty: Graphics from an Unseen World

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0312041233

ISBN 13

9780312041236

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Profusely Illustrated

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

As New

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Combining fractal theory with computer art, this book introduces a creative use of computers. It describes graphic methods for detecting patterns in complicated data and illustrates simple techniques for visualizing chaotic behavior. "Beautiful." — Martin Gardner, Scientific American. Over 275 illustrations, 29 in color.

Reviews

Computer graphics reveal hidden relationships in complex systems, make confusing data understandable and provide scientists and mathematicians with a tool for discovery and problem-solving. Featuring 200 black-and-white computer images and eight pages in color, this sourcebook includes programming exercises and mathematical recreations. Though most of the narrative requires advanced mathematical understanding, the general reader will find the computer artwork intriguing. The sounds of human speech yield snowflake-like patterns; Art Nouveau-ish images emerge out of mathematical relationships; structural changes in biomolecules produce graphics resembling galaxies and whirlpools. Diligent readers will gain an appreciation of how computer imaging helps scientists simulate plant tendril growth, analyze the Shroud of Turin, unravel the structure of cancer genes and investigate spiral patterns in DNA and galaxies' arms. Pickover is an editor at Computers and Graphics.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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