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When we think about fractals as images, forms or structures we usually perceive them as static objects. This is a legitimate initial standpoint in many cases, as for example if we deal with natural structures like the ones in figures 1.1 and 1.2.
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.
Henri Poincaré
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Peitgen, HO., Jürgens, H., Saupe, D. (2004). The Backbone of Fractals: Feedback and the Iterator. In: Chaos and Fractals. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21823-8_2
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