The Mandelbrot Monk - Udo of Aachen, a 13th century German monk, plotted a 120x120 Mandelbrot fractal by hand. Took him 9 years to calculate. [via Glassdog mailing list]
- Stewart wrote on 2001/04/20:
- Mind-blowing. Made my surfing day. Thanks Milo!
- milov wrote on 2001/04/21:
- Turns out this is actually an April Fools joke of sorts (according to a later Glassdog mailing anyway). Oh well, inspiring nonetheless...