Abstract
As the epigraph suggests, the ability to interpret the full meaning of experimental data is limited by the types of tools that can be used in the analysis. A new analytical tool enlarges the analytical window into the world. The features of the world, previously unseen, that can be made visible by the new instrument of fractals are beautifully surprising. These features give us new insight into anatomical structures and physiological processes.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything as if it were a nail.
Abraham Maslow (1966)
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Bassingthwaighte, J.B., Liebovitch, L.S., West, B.J. (1994). Properties of Fractal Phenomena in Space and Time. In: Fractal Physiology. Methods in Physiology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7572-9_2
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