Fractals are patterns that repeat themselves at different sizes, creating complex structures from simple rules. They are ...

This property, where the same geometric pattern appears at every scale within a shape (known as self-similarity), gives ...

When Kunze patented this idea back in the 1920s, he thought it might also serve duty in anatomically-conforming chairs, which could use the same basic "fractal" mechanism to adapt to the shape of ...

Marcus du Sautoy describes how fractal geometry can be used to describe natural objects, and how it is used in digital animation. Trees use the simple rule of trying to maximise surface area ...