The Second Edition is out - as ebook, paperback and hardback.
This book is written specifically for anyone who is curious about what the famous Mandelbrot Set fractal is, and how to recreate it, but has struggled with the traditional textbooks and online guides.
- Explore what a fractal is, artificial and natural.
- Learn about functions, iteration, and chaos.
- Discover the (not so) complex numbers.
- Find out what the Mandelbrot and Julia Sets really are.
- Follow a hands-on tutorial to make your own Mandelbrot and Julia Sets in python.
- Discover different ways to render the fractals - escape time, image filters, and 3d landscapes.
- Bonus chapter on distance estimation to reveal very fine detail.
This book is aimed at complete beginners, and only requires a browser and internet connection to follow the tutorials. No software installation is required.
This Second Edition has been updated to python 3, and all the tutorials now run completely in web-based notebooks with no software to install. To keep the price down, this second edition has been redesigned to be attractive in monochrome print.
I'm particularly pleased that the bonus chapter on Distance Estimation Methods (DEM) worked so well. The following is an example of a zoom into the Mandelbrot Set rendered by DEM, and used as the book cover.
All the code for the Second Edition is freely available online:
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