Applying Fractals in Astronomy

''Fractal geometry addressesitselfto questions that many people have been asking themselves. It con­ cerns an aspect of Nature that almost everybody had been conscious of, but could not address in a formal fashion. '' ''Fractal geometry seems to be the proper language to describe the complezity of many very compli­ cated shapes around us. '' (Mandelbrot, 1990a) ''I believe that fractals respond to...