About the Authors:

Bernt Rainer Wahl was born 1960 in Santa Monica, California. He was first introduced to computers in a pilot program at the Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C. Berkeley (1972). His first first personal computer was an Apple I (1976) which was put together by a group kids from component parts, thus making them the first kids to have an Apple Computer. He received his B.A. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is the author of the software package Chaos: Mathematics for the 21st Century. Bernt Wahl was responsible work on the whole book.

Bernt Wahl is involvements include: multimedia projects-the first was to teach calculus (1981), work for the Olympic Committee (1984), an original member of the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group (1984), participate on the America Cup's team Heart of America (1986), help in teaching one of the first chaos classes (1987), found Dynamic Software (1987) , start Wahl St. Computer Renting and Leasing (1989), start the Berkeley NeXT Users Group (1990) serve as subject coordinator for the National Educational Film Festival (1992) and is active in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, sailing, film making and Ham radio. Future projects include a documentary on fractal geometry and a children's book.

Peter Van Roy was born 1960 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and is a citizen of Belgium. His first computer experience was at the age of twelve where he program in Waterloo FORTRAN IV. In 1975, Peter got into microcomputing by configuring the Netronics Elf II. He added hardware multiply-divide and a random number generator to this machine. In 1980 he built a Forth compiler for the machine, which marked his departure from hardware into software. He received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of the software package FractaSketch. Peter Van Roy was responsible for much of the discussion of the linear fractal section ( Chapter 1, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 7, Chapter 9).

Peter Van Roy is currently Member of Research Staff at Digital Equipment Corporation's Paris Research Laboratory (DEC PRL) in Paris, France. Previously he was a member of the Aquarius and BAM projects at U.C. Berkeley where he was instrumental in the development of software and hardware implementations of the computer language Prolog. He developed the PLM and Aquarius compilers and helped develop the PLM and VLSI-BAM processors. Aquarius Prolog and the VLSI-BAM define the current state of the art in software and hardware implementations of Prolog. Aquarius Prolog is one of the world's highest performance fully functional Prolog systems. Peter Van Roy is currently leading the Proteus project at DEC PRL, which is developing a compiler for the LIFE language, a powerful and elegant generalization of Prolog. His research interests are high performance implementation of declarative languages, logic programming, constraint programming, compiler design, fractal geometry, and computer architecture.

Michael Larsen was born 1962 in Boston. His first programming experience was in second grade programming FOCAL on a PDP-8 at the local high school. He received a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton.

Michael Larsen is the author of the software package MandelMovie. Michael Larsen was a member of the United States Mathematics Olympic Team (1977-1980). He now teaches mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. He interests include reading science fantasy, baroque music, and juggling. Michael Larsen was responsible for much of the discussion of the Mandelbrot set and Julia set section ( Chapter 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 10).

Eric (Doc) Kampman was born 1960 in Manhassett, New York. He was first introduced to programming using com hex with a PAIA synthesizer in 1977. Eric (Doc) Kampman did his undergraduate work in electrical engineering and music composition at the University of Colorado, Bolder. He is the author of the software package Fractus: IFS. He is now on the programming team at Farallon Computing. His interests include computer music and computer animation. Eric (Doc) Kampman was responsible for the IFS section ( Chapter 6).

Laura Kelly Gonzalez was born 1967 in Mountain View, California. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her Masters from California State University at San Francisco in English. She taught English at Mills College and is presently a tech- writer at IBM. Her interest include writing fiction literature and nature. Laura was instrumental in editing the book and putting it into a connected form.

Design Team:

The CD-ROM Design Team

Alexander Yong Le Xiang , The Team Leader & Art Director
BMm Hons in Digital Media, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
lx_alexander_xl@yahoo.com , http://student.mmu.edu.my/~v0115074

Hoo Fan Chon , Graphic Designer & Programmer
BMm Hons in Digital Media, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
nocpleasure@yahoo.com , http://nocpleasure.com

Norhaini Sulaiman, Interface & Graphic Elements Designer
BMm Hons in Digital Media, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
hi_ney@yahoo.com , http://www.hiney.cjb.net

Azmawati Mohd Lazim , Information Designer & Design Specialist
BMm Hons in Digital Media, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
sweetysutie@yahoo.com , http://stud.mmu.edu.my/~v0110721

The Packaging and Advertising Team

Leong Kuan Yew, Director of Packaging and Advertising Team
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
humptee82@yahoo.com , http://student.mmu.edu.my/~v0115414

Law Wai Keong , Design Specialist
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
soulfox80@yahoo.com , http://www.geocities.com/soulfox80

Irene Heng Mei Ching , Design Specialist
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
irenehmc@yahoo.com , http://student.mmu.edu.my/~v0111727

Intan Azlina Mohd Khalid , Graphic Designer
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
intan.azlina2k@mmu.edu.my

Azri Zulfadli Fadil Azim , Graphic Designer
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
jobalyboy@yahoo.cm

Iskandar Ismail , Graphic Designer
BMm Hons in Media Innovation, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya
isallstar_2000@yahoo.com

 

Writing contributions:

Lesili Bodine - co-authored 'Diffusion Limited Aggregation' section (Chapter 6). She is presently finishing her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Peter Broadwell - co-authored 'African Settlement' section (Chapter 1). He is presently working at 3DO developing interactive systems. He holds a B.A. and Masters in mathematics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Thomas E. Brown - contributed to the continuity of the ' Fractals in Our World' section (Chapter 1). He is presently pursuing a M. Div. degree from Fuller Seminary. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Francis Butler - help in the development of the FractaSketch software. He is presently doing research in Slavic languages at the University of Chicago. He received a Ph.D. in Slavic languages from the University of California at Berkeley.

Steward Cowen - authored 'Newton's Method' section (Chapter 6). He is presently working on a book on the same subject. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley, its contents contain a considerable amount about Newton's Method.

Ken Crounse - co-authored 'Diffusion Limited Aggregation' section (Chapter 6). He is presently finishing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jane Deng - co-authored 'Fractals in Our Bodies' section (Chapter 1). She is concurrently pursuing a M.D. from the University of California at San Francisco and a law degree from Bolt Law School associated with the University of California at Berkeley.

Matthais Dobbertin - authored 'Trees and Fractals' section (Chapter 3). He is presently studying the effects of acid rain on the forests of Europe. He holds a Ph.D. in forestry from the University of California at Berkeley.

Adragon De Mello - helped in the development of the FractaSketch software. At age eleven he became youngest college graduate in this century, receiving a B. A. in mathematics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Ron Eglish - co-authored 'African Settlement' section (Chapter 1). He is presently in Africa investigating the regions mathematical systems. He holds a Ph.D. from the History of Conciseness Department associated with the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Carl Hansen - help in developing mathematical software solutions to the Hilbert curve ( Chapter 3) and the Weierstrass curve ( Chapter 8). He received a B. A. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Susan Malberg - contributed in expressing fractal terminology accurately in the ' Fractals in Our World' section (Chapter 1). She currently teaching mathematics at Berkeley High School. She holds a master in mathematics from California State University at Hayward.

Karin Nunn - co-authored 'Fractals in Our Bodies' section (Chapter 1). She is currently teaching at El Dorado High School and is active in the drama company Shepherd's Theater and the dance company Hinds' Feet. She holds a B. A. in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Joyce Tang-Boyland - contributed to 'Fractal Arts - Perception' section (Chapter 1). She is presently finishing her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Kristina Wahl - help in the translation of Latin phrases ( Chapter 1). At age fifteen she has become quite proficient at English, German, French and Latin, as well as pursuits in classical music and the arts.

Illustrator contributions:

Mauren Carey - illustrated 'Close-up Region of the Heart' (Chapter 1). She is presently involved in the science illustration program at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Mauren runs a small publishing and book binding operation in Santa Cruz.

Heather Meyers - illustrated 'Fractal Humor in Pop Culture' (Chapter 1) and Romanesco Broccoli at Three Different Views' ( Chapter 4). She is presently involved in the science illustration program at the University of California at Santa Cruz. graduated. She has a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Heather's interest include painting and song writing.

Research Consultants:

Ralph Abraham
Hartmut Jürgens
Beniot Mandelbrot
Michael Nerenberg
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Deitmar Saupe
Richard Voss

Provided Illustrations:

Jhane Barnes
Loren Carpenter
Nancy Davis
Bart Ebbinghaus
Kari Ederer
Industral Light and Magic
Eleanor Kent
Cory Levenberg
Michael McGuire
Mondrian Trust
Ken Musgrave
NASA
NORA
Pixar
Rockwell Foundation
U.C. Santa Cruz Astronony Department
Mel White
Mark Wilson
Wind River Systems
David Wolfe
Lee Yunker

Provided Research Materials:

Randy Boring
Chris Chang
Linda Garcia-May
Charity Kahn
Chris Loye
Harold Miller
Laurine Tuleja
Jeniffer Wiseman

Software Consultants:

Sue Allen
Joshua Burton
Sieveta Butler
Ginda Fisher
Terry Koyn
Kenelm Philips
Arlo Reeves
Steve Wieinstein
Rung Xu
Fung Xu

Addison Wesley Team:

Carol Beeton
Joanne Fullagar
Gail McDonald-Jorden
Vickie Hochstedler
Jean Seal
Kieth Wollman
Apple reviewer
Copy Editor - she did a great job!

Companies and Institutions:

Aerial Press
Apple Computer
BMUG Inc.
Berkeley NeXT Users Group
Center for New Music and Audio Technology
DEC
Graduate Student Fellowship
Hayden Books
IBM
Kodak
Media Magic
Paramount Pictures
U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden
U.C. Berkeley Computer Science Department
U.C. Santa Cruz Mathematics Department
U.C. Santa Cruz Physics Department
West Office

Others:

Majel Barrett-Rodenbery
John Boyland
Mireille Broucke
Diane Cho
Lenoard Cho
David Chong
Becky Chong
Chris Elliott
HowardFeinberg
Jose Gonzalez
Brian Hamlin
Heather Hensley
Tom Kampman
Willa Kampman
Margaet Kelly
Terry Kelly
Laura Lato
Nicole Lazzaro
Wai Lee
Evan Maletsky
Jim May
James Nunn
Ursula Nunn
Michelle Oliver
Terry Perciante
Barbara Pieper
Darrell Pieper
Donna Pieper
Michael Prescher
Frank Remus-Steigel
Kristine Remus-Steigel
Frans Van Roy
Henriette Van Roy
Maire-Thérese Van Roy
David Rogelberg
Micheal Strasmich
Bruno Wahl
Heidi Wahl
Renate Wahl
Sonja Wahl
Gordon Wang
Marie Yunker

and to the many people who encouraged us through the book's various stages of development, our friends, teachers, family, and fellow fractal enthusiast.