Mandelbrot and Mystery
After my mentioning of Carl Sagan yesterday, I looked on YouTube for some videos of him. I found a very interesting special that featured him, Stephen Hawking, and Arthur C. Clarke from the mid-1980s.
I greatly enjoyed their hour-long discussion which attempted to allow regular folks like me to begin to understand the magnitude of the universe. During the show, Dr. Clarke demonstrated the Mandelbrot on what would now be considered an ancient computer.
Today, we can find not only images, but many videos illustrating the Mandelbrot Set, such as this one:
I’ve always felt a connection between mathematics and the divine. The Mandelbrot Set is, to me, a prime example of this connection. No matter which way you zoom on the set–inwards or outwards–it continues forever in a repeating and recursive pattern.
That’s really all I have to say; I’m just intrigued by the mystery of both.
Peace,
Brett