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“Ed Seeman’s art is alive with myriad shapes that toy with perspective and the figure / ground relationship. A true 1960s sensibility is evident in Ed’s work.” Ed Seeman was a professional artist, photographer and cartoon cel animator for four decades. In 1960s New York, his oil paintings were represented by “East Hampton Galleries” on 57th Street and one of his works was in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art for three years. Individual paintings have been purchased by the Chrysler Museum in Provincetown, the University of Massachusetts and many private collectors. Five of Seeman’s experimental films are in the US Library of Congress and, most notably, his Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention film won a Cine Gold Eagle at the Venice Biennial. His short Space Oddity won a Silver Phoenix at the Atlanta Film Festival. Seeman’s career as a cartoon cel animator began at Paramount Pictures, animating such legendary characters as Popeye and Casper the Friendly Ghost. In TV animation, Seeman brought to the small screen many of the USA’s most popular characters, including My Little Pony. For this work, he has received many Clio awards, Addys and other TV advertising honors. In the process of using computer technology to paint his hand drawn cel animations, Seeman discovered the tremendous digital potential for experimentation in color and abstract form. Thereafter embracing the Giclee method of printing to canvas, he created artistic works from the digital realm that truly reflected the myriad preoccupations of our times. By perfecting his computer painting ability to produce his animated TV commercials, Seeman found he no longer needed to paint with oil and acrylics to produce art on canvas. Now, with the aid of large digital printers, he produces artwork directly from computer to canvas. Colored, pigmented, ultra-violet resistant inks produce much brighter colors than were ever available using ordinary paints. With these technologically enhanced painting tools, Seeman produces uniquely stunning digital abstract artworks. Anthologized herein is a showcase of Seeman’s digital art: over 200 fractals, with an introduction by the artist. These digital artworks were initially emailed individually as .jpeg files by Seeman to a private network of connoisseurs before being formatted into digital e-Book.
Fabulous Fractals is a gorgeous greyscale adult colouring book that is suitable for beginners or advanced colourists. Two full sets of twenty-five different fractal images means you can share the fun with your family and friends or use matching fractals, colour them to enhance your decor and frame them.
The Beauty of Fractals includes six essays related to fractals, with perspectives different enough to give you a taste of the breadth of the subject. Each essay is self-contained and expository. Moreover, each of the essays is intended to be accessible to a broad audience that includes college teachers, high school teachers, advanced undergraduate students, and others who wish to learn or teach about topics in fractals that are not regularly in textbooks on fractals.
Presents twenty activities ideal for an elementary classroom, each of which is divided into sections that summarize the mathematical concept being taught, the skills and knowledge the students will use and gain during the activity, and step-by-step instructions.
The most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the two numbers immediately preceding it (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ad infinitum). Far from being just a curiosity, this sequence recurs in structures found throughout nature - from the arrangement of whorls on a pinecone to the branches of certain plant stems. All of which is astounding evidence for the deep mathematical basis of the natural world. With admirable clarity, two veteran math educators take us on a fascinating tour of the many ramifications of the Fibonacci numbers. They begin with a brief history of a distinguished Italian discoverer, who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for popularizing the use of Arabic numerals in the West. Turning to botany, the authors demonstrate, through illustrative diagrams, the unbelievable connections between Fibonacci numbers and natural forms (pineapples, sunflowers, and daisies are just a few examples). In art, architecture, the stock market, and other areas of society and culture, they point out numerous examples of the Fibonacci sequence as well as its derivative, the "golden ratio." And of course in mathematics, as the authors amply demonstrate, there are almost boundless applications in probability, number theory, geometry, algebra, and Pascal's triangle, to name a few. Accessible and appealing to even the most math-phobic individual, this fun and enlightening book allows the reader to appreciate the elegance of mathematics and its amazing applications in both natural and cultural settings.
"Learn about curve stitching and fractal patterns throught the interactive labs in MATH LAB FOR KIDS: MAPS, CURVES, AND FRACTALS. These labs challenge kids to think outside of the box and encourages them to become better problem-solvers." -- page 4 of cover.
Presents a resource on fractals, compiled by students in the ThinkQuest Web site competition. Includes tutorials and a fractal gallery. Notes that registration is required.
Fractals are defined as shapes that exhibit self-similarity and high complexity. These shapes appear in many different forms throughout nature. This high-interest nonfiction reader introduces students to fractals, and teaches them new concepts and vocabulary terms including fractal compression, Mandelbrot set, constructual law, logarithmic spiral, Archimedean spiral, dendritic patterns, and venation patterns on leaves. Developed by Timothy Rasinski-a leading expert in reading research-this purposefully leveled text guides students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text. The complex text structure adds rigor and allows students to delve deeply into the subject matter. The images support the text in abstract ways to challenge students to think more deeply about the topics and develop their higher-order thinking skills. Informational text features include a table of contents, sidebars, captions, bold font, an extensive glossary, and a detailed index to further understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Reader's Guide and Try It! culminating activity require students to connect back to the text, and provide opportunities for additional language-development activities. Aligned with state standards, this text connects with McREL, WIDA/TESOL standards and prepares students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
"Learn about number patterns that exist in a sunflower, the reason behind the hexagonal shape of a honeycomb, and all about the Fibonacci sequence. High impact photographs will draw in young readers as they learn about mathematical concepts that exist outside their front door."--]cProvided by publisher.
This book is based on notes for the course Fractals:lntroduction, Basics and Perspectives given by MichaelF. Barnsley, RobertL. Devaney, Heinz-Otto Peit gen, Dietmar Saupe and Richard F. Voss. The course was chaired by Heinz-Otto Peitgen and was part of the SIGGRAPH '87 (Anaheim, California) course pro gram. Though the five chapters of this book have emerged from those courses we have tried to make this book a coherent and uniformly styled presentation as much as possible. It is the first book which discusses fractals solely from the point of view of computer graphics. Though fundamental concepts and algo rithms are not introduced and discussed in mathematical rigor we have made a serious attempt to justify and motivate wherever it appeared to be desirable. Ba sic algorithms are typically presented in pseudo-code or a description so close to code that a reader who is familiar with elementary computer graphics should find no problem to get started. Mandelbrot's fractal geometry provides both a description and a mathemat ical model for many of the seemingly complex forms and patterns in nature and the sciences. Fractals have blossomed enormously in the past few years and have helped reconnect pure mathematics research with both natural sciences and computing. Computer graphics has played an essential role both in its de velopment and rapidly growing popularity. Conversely, fractal geometry now plays an important role in the rendering, modelling and animation of natural phenomena and fantastic shapes in computer graphics.