Fractals have always been around since peanut butter and jelly but have never been very popular in the lunchroom. Although they’re lacking sweet and salty appeal, fractals involve art, geometry, mathematical equations, patterns, and fun! So what are fractals?
Fractals have come up as an important question before the invention of computers. For example, British mapmakers discovered the problem with measuring the length of Britain's coast. On a zoomed out map, the coastline was measured to be 5,000 and by measuring the coast on more zoomed in maps; it got to be longer, like 8,000. And by looking at really detailed maps, the coastline was over double the original. You see, the coastline of Britain that's on a map of the world doesn't ha
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