Butterfly in the Quantum World : The story of the most fascinating quantum fractal

Butterfly in the Quantum World is the first book to tell the story of the "Hofstadter butterfly," a beautiful and fascinating graph lying at the heart of the quantum theory of matter. When graduate student Douglas Hofstadter discovered this wild mathematical object, it caught the physics world by surprise and continues to mesmerize physicists and mathematicians today. This book reflects the magic, mystery and simplicity of the laws of nature in a wonderfully personal style. It is a feast for the eyes, for the mind and for the soul.