In Fact, I Barely Missed Being Number

Clouds Are Not Spheres, Mountains Are Not Cones, Coastlines Are Not Circles, And Bark Is Not Smooth, Nor Does Lightning Travel In A Straight Line.

Nobody Will Deny That There Is At Least Some Roughness Everywhere

There Are Very Complex Shapes Which Would Be The Same From Close By And Far Away.

Some Mathematicians Didn't Even Perceive Of The Possibility Of A Picture Being Helpful. To The Contrary, I Went Into An Orgy Of Looking At Pictures By The Hundreds; The Machines Became A Little Bit Better.

I Conceived And Developed A New Geometry Of Nature And Implemented Its Use In A Number Of Diverse Fields. It Describes Many Of The Irregular And Fragmented Patterns Around Us, And Leads To Full-fledged Theories, By Identifying A Family Of Shapes I Call Fractals.