Fractals | Can't Sleep? Learn About Nature's Infinite Patterns

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster

Science, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Can’t sleep, and your brain has decided now is the perfect time for geometry? Great. In this episode, Benjamin Boster calmly reads about fractals, the endlessly repeating patterns that show up in mathematics, coastlines, snowflakes, and other places where nature gets a bit unusual. You’ll learn what makes a fractal a fractal, why self similarity matters, and how these beautiful recursive shapes became such a big deal in math and science. It’s steady, clear, and relaxing, with no whispering, no sudden energy, and no expectation that you need to understand every last equation at 2 a.m. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Fractal, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. — Ad-free episodes: icantsleep.supportingcast.fmHave a topic in mind? Request a topic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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