Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty

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1. DanBCDec 2020
   This is one of the trio of great books that Springer Verlag produced around the same time. The other two are The Science of Fractal Images and Beauty of Fractals.

   https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781461283492

   https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540158516

   Two other books that I think are good (but which are for general audiences) are AK Dewdney's Magic Machine which has a chapter about L Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Machine-Handbook-Computer-Sorce...

   And Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty by Clifford Pickover: https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Pattern-Beauty-Clifford-Pic...

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2. weerdMar 2019
   I always loved Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty.

   He's also keeping the 90s style alive with his whimsical Reality Carnival.

   http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/realitycarnival.h...

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3. DanBCAug 2018
   There's an old book with a bunch of pseudocode that might be interesting, especially if you're interested in the early examples provided in the article.

   Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty by Clifford Pickover.

   https://www.amazon.com/Computers-pattern-chaos-beauty-Graphi...

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4. DanBCMar 2018
   The book Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty has some nice examples of Chernoff faces used to represent DNA sequences or characteristics of sound.

   It's still available, and there are pirate versions if you want to try it before buying it. It's a great book, it's chock full of odd ways to visualise data.

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5. spitfireOct 2017
   I really enjoyed Clifford Pickovers' Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty. I read it in highschool and experimented with all the strange attractor techniques given in the book to render cool images on my old 486. Great fun, and the math (and implications) of SA systems stuck with me.
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6. DanBCSep 2017
   1) have fun doing what you want

   2a) build up a portfolio of programming stuff to show you can program

   2b) that portfolio should also demonstrate polite professional communication skills. People discriminate against age (both too young and too old). They shouldn't, but this portfolio might help.

   3) Get hold of any of these books, and implement the examples in a modern language.

   Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty by Clifford Pickover (anything in this would be a good ShowHN, especially if you put it on a website with interactive sliders) (it's available as a download somewhere)

   Any of the A K Dewdney books eg The Armchair Universe or The Magic Machine.

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