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Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Born

in Bruch, Numbrecht, Germany

April 30, 1945

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Peitgen

Genre

Science, Professional & Technical

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Peitgen studied mathematics, physics and economics from 1965 until 1971 in Bonn, later working for six years at the Institute for Applied Mathematics at the University of Bonn under Christian Fenske, where he received his PhD in 1973. His doctoral dissertation was Asymptotische Fixpunktsätze und Stabilität (en: Asymptotic fixed-point theorems and stability).

After receiving his habilitation in 1977, he first taught as private docent in Bonn before obtaining a professorship for mathematics at the University of Bremen.

In 1986 Peitgen and Peter Richter published their lavishly illustrated and very influential book The Beauty of Fractals, which was amongst the first books popularizing the concept of fractals to the general public. This book was ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 269 ratings · 21 reviews · 36 distinct works

	Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe 4.33 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beauty of Fractals: Images of Complex Dynamical Systems by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Peter H. Richter 4.21 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Fractal Images by Heinz-Otto Peitgen (Editor), Michael F. Barnsley (Contributor), Robert L. Devaney (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractals for the Classroom: Part Two: Complex Systems and Mandelbrot Set by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractals for the Classroom: Strategic Activities Volume Two by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bausteine des Chaos. Fraktale. by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frontiers of Chaos by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Peter Richter it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaos. Bausteine der Ordnung. Handbuch. by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractals for the Classroom: Strategic Activities Volume One by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractals for the Classroom: Strategic Activities Volume Three by Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars