Screensaver programs that link idle desktops to distributed computing networks are nothing new, but Scott Draves' Electric Sheep is the first to use its clients as a render farm. Draves' "sheep" are ...

This is how I imagine a trip into the brain of Hunter S. Thompson after eating a slice of Benoît Mandelbrot’s brain, sautéed with a bit of pepper, olive oil, and mescal shaves. Except there are no ...

Read interviews with fractal pioneer Benoit Mandelbrot and find out more about his research at his Yale University home page. Teachers and students will find concise explanations to fractal questions ...