Fractals

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Some of the most beautiful things in the world of mathematics are fractals. Fractals are unique geometric objects that are both easy to comprehend and have complicated mathematics. Moreover, fractals are not just a theoretical mathematical construction. Fractals can be found everywhere in nature, including trees, beaches, and even your own body. Learn more about fractals, what they are, and how they work in this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some of the most beautiful things in the world of mathematics are fractals.
0:05.0	Fractyls are unique geometric objects that are both easy to comprehend and have complicated mathematics.
0:11.0	Moreover, fractals are not just a theoretical mathematical construction.
0:15.0	Fractals can be found almost everywhere in nature, including trees, beaches, and your own body.
0:21.7	Learn more about fractals, what they are, and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere
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1:42.5	Even if you don't know it, you are familiar with fractals.
1:46.2	You don't need an advanced degree in mathematics to know and appreciate what fractals are.
1:51.2	Fractals are beautiful, important, and can help explain how the natural world works.
1:56.8	So what exactly is a fractal?
1:59.6	The textbook definition of a fractal is a geometric object or set that can be subdivided
2:05.2	into parts, each of which is a reduced scale copy of the whole.
2:10.9	This property is known as self-similarity.
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