Name: I frattali Africani: Ron Eglash
Uploaded: 2007-11-29T05:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 37 s
Description: "Sono un matematico, e vorrei salire sul vostro tetto." E' così che Ron Eglash salutava molte famiglie africane, durante la sua ricerca sui pattern frattali osservati nelle foto aree da tutto il continente.

Ron Eglash: I frattali Africani: Ron Eglash

I frattali Africani: Ron Eglash

"Sono un matematico, e vorrei salire sul vostro tetto." E' così che Ron Eglash salutava molte famiglie africane, durante la sua ricerca sui pattern frattali osservati nelle foto aree da tutto il continente.

African architecture and art have long employed complex fractal patterns, consciously integrating self-similar geometry at every scale from villages to objects. Aerial photos show entire communities laid out as fractals, where even family enclosures echo the whole. These intricate designs are not merely aesthetic; they involve sophisticated algorithms and practical knowledge, like wind-resistant fences or recursive symbolism in divination. The discovery reframes African design as a source of deep mathematical innovation, predating much of what is credited in Western science.