Hartmut Jürgens (March 17, 1955–September 23, 2017) was a German

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, born in Bremen, Germany. He received his

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in 1983 from the

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. He has worked in the computer industry, and was the Director of the Dynamical Systems Graphics Laboratory at the

Works

Jürgens is the co-author of: *''Fractals: An Animated Discussion'' (video) *''Fractals for the Classroom: Strategic Activities'' (in three volumes, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) *''Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science'' (Springer-Verlag, 1992, ; 2nd ed., 2004)Reviews of ''Chaos and Fractals'': *J. Abram, ''The Mathematical Gazette'', *Gert Naue, ''ZAMM'', *Philip Sharman, ''Whole Earth Review''

*Hugh Williams, ''The Mathematical Gazette'',

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