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Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, coastline, or a tree. 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.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature (2000), xiii.
See also: | Bark (2) | Circle (3) | Cloud (6) | Fractal (6) | Line (7) | Mountain (29) | Smooth (5) | Sphere (5)
Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline, or a tree. 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... Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1977), Introduction, xiii.
See also: | Bark (2) | Cloud (6) | Coast (3) | Complexity (18) | Geometry (38) | Lightning (8) | Line (7) | Mountain (29) | Nature (243) | Shape (5) | Sphere (5) | Tree (18)
