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Description: Fractals are complex, never-ending patterns created by repeating mathematical equations. Yuliya, a undergrad in Math at MIT, delves into their mysterious properties and how they can be found in technology and nature. Learn more about all the stuff that MIT is doing and researching with fractals here: pinterest.com/mitk12videos/what-is-a-fractal-and-what-are-they-good-for ---------- Find us online! Facebook: facebook.com/MITK12 Twitter: twitter.com/MITK12Videos k12videos.mit.edu ---------- made with love at MIT Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA, MIT k12videos.mit.edu/terms-and-conditions Hosted by: Yuliya Klochan Written by: Elizabeth Choe & Yuliya Klochan Additional Scripting by: George Zaidan Content Reviewer: Dr. Kwang Don Choe Executive Producer & Doodles: Elizabeth Choe Director: George Zaidan Camera: Adam Morrell Editor & Motion Graphics: Per Hoel Theme song: Anthony Thomas & Neil Aggarwal Music: “Unanswered Questions” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200025) Fractals in nature pictures: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandelriver.jpg and theyinfactor.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/236085main_milkyway-full.jpg (NASA/JPL-Caltech) and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tchock00 and upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Lightning_over_Oradea_Romania_cropped.jpg Menger Sponge visualization from youtube.com/watch?v=hHsFUmMFIX0 DNA chromatin fractal globule visualization courtesy of Maxim Imakaev and the Mirny Lab at MIT (mirnylab.mit.edu/) Special thanks: MIT Radio Club, Prof. John Essignmann & Ellen Essignmann, Dr. Kwang Don Choe, Max Imakaev