Ep. 444: Fractals
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition
English - April 03, 2017 17:26 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNatural Sciences Science astronomy space science planets supernova black holes telescopes telescope Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For this historic 444th episode of Astronomy Cast, we talk about fractals. Those amazing mathematical visualizations of recursive algorithms. What are they, how do you get them? Why are they important?