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==References in popular culture== The Mandelbrot set is widely considered the most popular [[fractal]],<ref>Mandelbaum, Ryan F. (2018). [https://gizmodo.com/this-trippy-music-video-is-made-of-3d-fractals-1822168809 "This Trippy Music Video Is Made of 3D Fractals."] Retrieved 17 January 2019</ref><ref>Moeller, Olga de. (2018).[https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/kids/what-are-fractals-ng-b88838072z "what are Fractals?"] Retrieved 17 January 2019.</ref> and has been referenced several times in [[popular culture]]. * The [[Jonathan Coulton]] song "Mandelbrot Set" is a tribute to both the fractal itself and to the man it is named after, Benoit Mandelbrot.<ref name="JoCopedia">{{cite web|title=Mandelbrot Set|url=http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/Mandelbrot_Set|website=JoCopeda|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> * [[Blue Man Group]]'s 1999 debut album ''[[Audio (album)|Audio]]'' references the Mandelbrot set in the titles of the songs "Opening Mandelbrot", "Mandelgroove", and "Klein Mandelbrot".<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Man Group β Audio Album Reviews, Songs & More|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/audio-mw0000672371 |website=Allmusic.com |access-date=4 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Their second album, ''[[The Complex (album)|The Complex]]'' (2003), closes with a [[hidden track]] titled "Mandelbrot IV". * The second book of the ''[[Mode (book series)|Mode]]'' series by [[Piers Anthony]], ''Fractal Mode'', describes a world that is a perfect 3D model of the set.<ref name="Anthony1992">{{cite book|author=Piers Anthony|title=Fractal Mode|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdUyAAAACAAJ|year=1992|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-246-13902-3}}</ref> * The [[Arthur C. Clarke]] novel ''[[The Ghost from the Grand Banks]]'' features an artificial lake made to replicate the shape of the Mandelbrot set.<ref name="Clarke2011">{{cite book|author=Arthur C. Clarke|title=The Ghost From The Grand Banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ELsYigmXNoC|year=2011|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-0-575-12179-9}}</ref> * Benoit Mandelbrot and the eponymous set were the subjects of the [[Google Doodle]] on 20 November 2020 (the late Benoit Mandelbrot's 96th birthday).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/11/20/Google-honors-mathematician-Benoit-Mandelbrot-with-new-Doodle/8571605871071/ |title=Google honors mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot with new Doodle |first=Wade |last=Sheridan |website=[[United Press International]] |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> * The American rock band [[Heart (band)|Heart]] has an image of a Mandelbrot set on the cover of their 2004 album, ''[[Jupiters Darling]]''. * The British black metal band [[Anaal Nathrakh]] uses an image resembling the Mandelbrot set on their ''[[Eschaton (album)|Eschaton]]'' album cover art. * The television series ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' (2016) prominently features the Mandelbrot set in connection with the visions of the character Amanda. In the second season, her jacket has a large image of the fractal on the back.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannah Marks "Amanda Brotzman" customized black leather jacket from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |url=https://www.icollector.com/Hannah-Marks-Amanda-Brotzman-customized-black-leather-jacket-from-Dirk-Gently-s_i36007665 |website=www.icollector.com}}</ref> * In [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]]'s 2001 book ''[[Flatterland]]'', there is a character called the Mandelblot, who helps explain fractals to the characters and reader.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Trout |first=Jody |date=April 2002 |title=Book Review: ''Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So'' |url=https://www.ams.org/notices/200204/rev-trout.pdf |journal=Notices of the AMS |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=462β465}}</ref> * The unfinished [[Alan Moore]] 1990 comic book series ''[[Big Numbers (comics)|Big Numbers]]'' used Mandelbrot's work on fractal geometry and chaos theory to underpin the structure of that work. Moore at one point was going to name the comic book series ''The Mandelbrot Set''.<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Great Alan Moore Reread: Big Numbers'' by Tim Callahan|url=https://www.tor.com/2012/05/21/the-great-alan-moore-reread-big-numbers/ |website=Tor.com |date=21 May 2012 }}</ref> * In the manga ''[[The Summer Hikaru Died]]'', Yoshiki hallucinates the Mandelbrot set when he reaches into the body of the false Hikaru.
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