In memory of Benoit Mandelbrot (Mandelbrot Set zoom, planetarium proposal)

A tribute to Benoit Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 -- 14 October 2010) - a maverick of academia. See http://fractaljourney.blogspot.com/ for more technical details.

I was inspired by an idea by Ken Hawthorn (at the Fujitsu Planetarium, De-Anza college in Cupertino, California) and by Dr. Mandelbrot's death last year to create a high definition rendering of a Mandelbrot zoom that might be appreciated by those who have never seen fractals and could be projected in a Planetarium setting. Planetarium operators are welcome to contact me to use this material gratis.

This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC- BY).

Thanks to Dark Flow for use of his music "Groggy Sunrise" (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/suburban-films/id305508932).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mandelbrot
• zoom
• animation
• fractals
• fractal geometry
• math
• electronica
• trance
• psychedelic
• animation art
• Benoit Mandelbrot
• planetarium
• Fractal

[purplegumibear]

Came across your channel by chance, beautiful work i think, so much cpu time... now im going to have to read "the fractal geometry of nature" book i found at the thrift store...

[stellaruniversexmpls]

@DarkTheAtheist Yes.

[DarkTheAtheist]

@stellaruniversexmpls I'd guess closer to 2^321

[DarkTheAtheist]

I love the pallet you used.

[stellaruniversexmpls]

10^321?

[TheSakuraghi]

Tout simplement hallucinant. L'humanité est encore loin de tout savoir ou d'avoir tout découvert. Merci pour ce partage.

[Exiro]

"that might be appreciated by those who have never seen fractals"

I can tell you that it isn't appreciated only by them.