I am that still magical, mystical, fractal of universal consciousness known as human being.

我还是那个宇宙意识的神奇、神秘的分形，也就是人类。

Fractal geometry is currently applied in many fields.

分形几何目前在许多领域都有应用。

In mathematics, this is because of a concept known as fractals.

在数学中，这是因为分形的概念。

But there is a similar concept that can be found in mathematics called fractals.

但在数学中可以找到个类似的概念，叫做分形。

That's all. I've just been thinking about it. Now, I'm thinking about fractal equations.

没什么 我就想了下 现在 我在想分形方程。

The term fractal was coined by Benoit Mandelbrot who was working at computer giant IBM in 1980.

分形词是 1980 年在计算机巨头 IBM 工作的伯努瓦·曼德勃罗创造的。

This would become known as the Mandelbrot set — an infinite geometrical visualisation of a fractal.

这就是众所周知的曼德勃罗集合——分形的无限几何可效果。

So Tom wore what's known as a fractal suit.

所以汤姆穿着所谓的分形套装。

Still... one pressing question is why we get  fractals at all?

不过… … 个紧迫的问题是为什么我们会得到分形？

When we could not grasp being mere fractals in one collective being.

当我们无法理解自己只是个集体存在中的分形时。

Fractals are used in, like, everything from predicting natural disasters to metallurgy.

分形体能被用于...万事万物从预测自然灾害到冶金术。

Some believe that, due to their highly complex and mysterious nature, the greatest use of fractals is yet to be discovered.

人认为，由于分形的高度复杂和神秘的性质，分形的最大用途尚未被发现。

A better name might be something like " space-filling fractal, " which some people do use.

更好的名字可能是“空间填充分形”，有人确实使用过。

The main takeaway for this particular  section is the link between the chaos and the fractal.

这个特定部分的主要内容是混沌和分形之间的联系。

What's more, appealing pieces both abstract and representational, show signs of 'fractals'- repeated motifs recurring in different scales.

不仅如此，这吸引人的作品，不管是抽象派还是具象派，都表现出了“分形”的特点——重复的图案以不同尺寸重现。

Fractals are common throughout nature, for example in the shapes of mountain peaks or the branches of trees.

分形在整个自然界中都很常见，例如山顶或树枝的形状。

Today we know this is called fractals in mathematics, and da Vinci had similar thoughts at the time.

今天我们知道这在数学中被称为分形，达芬奇当时也有类似的想法。

What you end up with is a kind of fractal pattern, where communities themselves function like individuals.

你最终得到的是种分形图案，其中社区本身像个人样发挥作用。

It doesn't look like much when the triangle's small, but if you add thousands of rows, you get a fractal known as Sierpinski's Triangle.

当三角形还小，你还看不出什么。不过如果你加上成千上万行，你会得到个分形，也就是谢尔宾斯基三角形。

As a matter of fractal, who'd want to flake out on a chance to branch out and capture some frozen flake-tography.

作为个分形问题，谁会想抓住机会分支并捕获冻结的片状图。