Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call "beautiful" or "aesthetic" are a crucial part of our humanity. Even the oldest known examples of rock and cave art served aesthetic rather than utilitarian ...

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(Phys.org) —Fractals—patterns defined by their scale-invariance that makes them look the same on large scales as they do on small scales—are found in nature everywhere from snowflakes to broccoli to ...

Fractals — patterns that repeat themselves so they look the same on every level — have often been found in nature. Here is a beautiful example of groundwater branching into streams at constant angles, ...

A TECHNIQUE designed to detect art forgeries using the maths of fractals may also help pinpoint why we instinctively like some abstract paintings more than others – even if we can’t put our finger on ...

It’s virtually impossible to determine the exact length of a natural coastline. The problem is of knowing where to stop—or if a stopping point even exists. To completely measure the coastline, one ...

In the final chapter of our book*, we briefly discussed the impact of fractal patterns on stress. That's important because stress can interfere with our ability to experience happiness. Yet, what is ...

It’s easy to see familiar shapes in seemingly random patterns. Witness how many people see faces in clouds, for example—or in the 'poured' paintings of American artist Jackson Pollock, which he ...