Fractals are characterized by the repetition of similar patterns at ever-diminishing scales. Fractal geometry has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers on the border between mathematics and information technology and can be seen in many of the swirling patterns produced by computer graphics. It has become a new tool for modeling in biology, geology, and other natural sciences. Anthropologists have observed that the patterns produced in different cultures can be characterized by specific design themes. In Europe and America, we often see cities laid out in a grid pattern of...
Fractals are characterized by the repetition of similar patterns at ever-diminishing scales. Fractal geometry has emerged as one of the most exciting ...
From the vernacular engineering of Latino car design to environmental analysis among rural women to the production of indigenous herbal cures-groups outside the centers of scientific power persistently defy the notion that they are merely passive recipients of technological products and scientific knowledge. This is the first study of how such "outsiders" reinvent consumer products-often in ways that embody critique, resistance, or outright revolt.
Contributors: Richard M. Benjamin, Miami U; Hank Bromley, SUNY, Buffalo; Massimiano Bucchi, U of Trento, Italy; Carmen M. Concepcisn, U of...
From the vernacular engineering of Latino car design to environmental analysis among rural women to the production of indigenous herbal cures-groups o...
The subject investigated here in 20 contributions intertwines at least a half dozen disciplines and may grow up to be a discipline of its own some day. The contributors are (mostly) academics involved with sociolgy, the media, science & technology, public policy, the environment, and gender studies, among other fields. Uniting the diverse collectio
The subject investigated here in 20 contributions intertwines at least a half dozen disciplines and may grow up to be a discipline of its own some day...
