Fractals, Fractional Dimensions, and a Personal Journey

Fractal Geometry I still remember the first time I encountered a fractal . It was the late 90s—I was maybe 8 years old—poking around Microsoft Encarta '98 on CD-ROM when I stumbled on a little interactive demo. It zoomed into the Mandelbrot set, and as it zoomed, there were more patterns. And inside those, more patterns. Endless. I had no idea what I was looking at, but I was completely hooked.…