About This Book
There is a moment when you first truly understand the Mandelbrot Set—when you grasp that this infinitely complex shape emerges from a simple equation, that you can zoom into its edges forever and never reach the end—when the universe feels simultaneously smaller and more vast than it did a moment before. Arthur C. Clarke assembled this exploration of fractals and the mathematics of infinity with the same sense of wonder that runs through all his best work. As someone drawn to the intersection of science, technology, and philosophy, I found this book endlessly fascinating. It connects to everything—to the way a coastline is infinitely long if you measure it finely enough, to the branching of trees and blood vessels, to the chaos hiding inside order.