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From: kmc@netcom.COM (Kevin McCarty)
Newsgroups: comp.theory.dynamic-sys
Subject: Re: Book Evaluations
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.070044.10716@netcom.COM>
Date: 19 Apr 91 07:00:44 GMT
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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.
-- 
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