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Article #168Re: Book Evaluations
From: Kevin McCarty
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 07:00
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 07:00
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nbrown@potomac.ads.com (Nathan Brown) writes:
>Given money enough for only one book, which of the following would you
>choose: Fractals Everywhere--Barnesly ($45) OR Fractal
>Geometry--Falconer ($70--ouch!)? Currently leaning toward the latter.
>It's more compact and it SEEMS to have a cleaner presentation of the
>material. Thanks for any opinions.
>--Nathan
My copy of Falconer cost $33.95, not $70. It's by far the better
book in my opinion. More interesting mathematics exposition, wider
ranging. Barnsley's book seems to play only one note-- he's got
IFS's on the brain.
--
Kevin McCarty kmc@netcom.COM
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