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title: "2 Aerial Quotes By Ron Eglash"
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> [Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And I thought, 'This is fabulous! I wonder why?' And of course I had to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/now-in-the-1980s-i-happened-to-notice-that-if-you-look-at-an-aerial/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/ron-eglash-34982_aerial_now-in-the-1980s-i-happened-to-notice-th_1741718.jpg)

> [I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it, all these different societies have different geometric design themes that they use. So Native Americans use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/i-started-collecting-aerial-photographs-of-native-american-and-south/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/ron-eglash-34982_about_i-started-collecting-aerial-photographs_1910171.jpg)

## More by Ron Eglash

> [If you take your thumb and your index finger and look right where they meet - go ahead and do that now - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/if-you-take-your-thumb-and-your-index-finger-and-look-right-where/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/while-fractal-geometry-is-often-used-in-high-tech-science-its/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [The best thing we can do is give students the tools for constructing their own identities - powerful new tools like African fractals -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/the-best-thing-we-can-do-is-give-students-the-tools-for-constructing/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [Mathematicians didn't invent infinity until 1877. So they thought it was impossible that Africans could be using fractal geometry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/mathematicians-didn-t-invent-infinity-until-1877-so-they-thought-it/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [There is no singular 'reason' why Africans use fractals, any more than a singular reason why Americans like rock music. Such enormous cultural practices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/there-is-no-singular-reason-why-africans-use-fractals-any-more-than-a/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of European fractal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/creating-a-body-of-mathematics-is-about-intellectual-labor-not-some/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [Fractal geometry is everywhere, even in lines drawn in the sand. It's the cycle of life... You see fractals in plants, in flowers. Within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/fractal-geometry-is-everywhere-even-in-lines-drawn-in-the-sand-it-s/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/now-in-the-1980s-i-happened-to-notice-that-if-you-look-at-an-aerial/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/i-started-collecting-aerial-photographs-of-native-american-and-south/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [My assumption was that all indigenous architecture would be more fractal. My reasoning was that all indigenous architecture tends to be organized from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/my-assumption-was-that-all-indigenous-architecture-would-be-more/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [The reason that Google was such a success is because they were the first ones to take advantage of the self-organizing properties of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/the-reason-that-google-was-such-a-success-is-because-they-were-the/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [I just toured around looking for fractals, and when I found something that had a scaling geometry, I would ask the folks what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/i-just-toured-around-looking-for-fractals-and-when-i-found-something/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

> [When Europeans first came to Africa, they considered the architecture very disorganized and thus primitive. It never occurred to them that the Africans might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-eglash/when-europeans-first-came-to-africa-they-considered-the-architecture/)

[Ron Eglash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-eglash/)

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