Arcadia Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Both kids want to go deeper into Mandelbrot, Julia sets, Mandelbulb and fractals in general. Can't find many books on geometry in general in the library. They have liked Gems of Geometry and Beautiful Geometry. ETA: Also anyone with experience in the Mandelbulb software or other fractal software? Kids like the Fractoid software on the Kindle but it can crash. I'm down to one working laptop so I don't wish to crash that. ETA: links we have looked at Fractal geometry (Yale) Fractal Foundation activites Fractal projects for geometry students Mandelbulb http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/notebooks/rucker_mandelbulb_ver7_sept24_2009.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 When I went searching last month for some fun projects on fractals I can across this list linked to another university website. It has a ton of great resources, including several options for freeware or shareware modeling programs. If you scroll to the bottom, we really liked the World of Fractals site.. http://mathforum.org/library/topics/fractals/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Long time ago I watched Vi Hart's videos on fractals and liked them a lot - they might be a fun resource for your kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Long time ago I watched Vi Hart's videos on fractals and liked them a lot - they might be a fun resource for your kids. They have watched all of her videos on her YouTube channel :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 These are not specifically on fractals (although there is a short chapter in Symmetry) but they might like Wooden Books in general. There are a number of titles related to Geometry, but even when you put the math aside, the overall visual factor is just so yummy for people like me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 This book looks great - maybe available in the library? The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature - http://www.amazon.com/The-Self-Made-Tapestry-Pattern-Formation/dp/0198502435 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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