Newton would have had no concept whatsoever of fractal geometry, despite understanding calculus, because Newton's education was in Euclidean geometry and fractals violate the fundamental properties of scale-invariance that Newton would expect.

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the equations generate a type of geometry that Newton would have been utterly utterly alienated to Newton he would have had no concept whatsoever

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Chaos theory and geometry: can they predict our world? – with Tim PalmerThe Royal Institution
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:02:02 PM

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