Astronomy Cast - Ep. 444: Fractals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qpA2-dCz-M Streamed live 4:30pm, March 31st, 2017. Our apologies for the slight (-42dB) 60Hz hum in the audio. Fraser has a new ART D7 mic and has pre-amp issues, you might say… For this historic 444th episode of Astronomy Cast we talk about fractals, those amazing mathematical visualizations of recursive algorithms and those tasty broccolis! (Pamela stiffles a laugh) So what are they? How do you get them? Why are they important? Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win. This week's code is bJHz9j Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!