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In article <Jan06.181327.60627@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, 
dfuquay@CS.ColoState.EDU (d'ann fuquay) writes:

> A friend of mine is looking for a good video about fractals.  She
> wants to use it in a presentation about fractals to a local group of
> engineers.  Can anybody out there recommend one or more?  Of course,
> any pointers to how to acquire whatever you recommend will be
> appreciated.
> 
> dfuquay@mesa2.mesa.colorado

There is now a whole range of possible videos. I have only seen one
(which I own, and can recommend highly) namely "Fractals: an
animated discussion --- Interviews with Benoit Mandelbrot and
Edward Lorenz," by H-O Peitgen, H Jurgens and D Saupe.
They are of course the Bremen people who wrote "The Beauty
of Fractals" and "The Science of Fractal Images," and more
recently a two volume introduction "Fractals for the class room."

This video is "accessible to high school students on up."
It contains animations of fractals, fractal music, explanations
of some fractal concepts, a very elegant experiment with magnets,
and of course the interviews with the grand people of fractals
and "chaos."

I would say it is very suitable for an introduction to engineers,
but I have seen non-technical people enjoy it immensely.
It was last priced at $50 at a mail order firm in California:
Media Magic, PO Box 507, Nicasio, CA 94946, 415-662-2426,
but it is also availible directly from the publishers;
WH Freeman if I remember correctly.

Media Magic (with whom I have no connection) have a nice
catalog on "Computers in Science and Art", including all
the classic books on fractals and chaos, T shirts, post cards
and calenders with fractal designs, videos, fractal music CDs
and software.

Some of the other videos listed which you might consider, are
titled "The beauty and complexity of the Mandelbrot set" 
(John Hubbard), "The fractal universe -- educational" and
"Dynamical Systems" (Robert L Devaney).

Hope you find what you're looking for.

Hendrik
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