Biophilic fractals and the visual journey of organic screen-savers

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-129

  Taylor, R P ^a,b   Sprott, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Biophilia; Fractals; Screen savers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ART; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ESTHETICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ART; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ESTHETICS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38349063389     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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