As it happens, these four lines can serve as a perfect metaphor for the infinitely detailed, "self-similar" nature of fractals. In this interactive, zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set, the most ...

The image of the Mandelbrot set is one of the most recognizable representations of a fractal. But what's behind the entrancing picture? In this interactive, learn a bit about how we generated our ...

Not just any program, mind you; one that would generate a Mandelbrot fractal on a line printer. The IBM 1401 is an odd beast. Even though it’s a fully transistorized computer, these transistors ...