Based on notes for the course Fractals--introduction, basics, and perspectives given by Michael F. Barnsley, and others, as part of the SIGGRAPH '87 (Anaheim, Calif.) course program.
Contents:
Foreword : people and events behind the "science of fractal images" / Benoit B. Mandelbrot -- Fractals in nature : from characterization to simulation / Richard F. Voss -- Algorithms for random fractals / Dietmar Saupe -- Fractal patterns arising in chaotic dynamical systems / Robert L. Devaney -- Fantastic deterministic fractals / Heinz-Otto Peitgen -- Fractal modelling of real world images / Michael F. Barnsley -- Fractal landscapes without creases and with rivers / Benoit B. Mandelbrot -- An eye for fractals / Michael McGuire -- A unified approach to fractal curves and plants / Dietmar Saupe -- Exploring the Mandelbrot set / Yuval Fisher.
