Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call "beautiful" or "aesthetic" are a crucial part of our humanity. Even the oldest known examples of rock and cave art served aesthetic rather than utilitarian ...

A fractal is any geometric pattern that occurs again and again, at different sizes and scales, within the same object. This "self-similarity" can be seen throughout nature, for example in a ...

A cross section of a fractal pattern, created by a laser in the Wits Structured Light Laboratory. Wits University We all appreciate the beauty of Nature, whether it be cloud patterns, mountain ranges ...