Mandelbrot coined the word fractal in 1975. By 1990, 5,000 academic papers a year were published with the word fractal in the title. (1) This presentation, for the graduate and undergraduate students in "Geometry" is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to the subject. Rather, it is a gentle introduction to what I found to be one of the more interesting aspects of Fractal Geometry: the human element. Originally presented April, 2005 for the students in "Geometry"

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(1)Reference: Lesmoir-Gordon, Rood & Edney (2000). Introducing Fractal Geometry. McPhersons Printing Group, Victoria.