Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 80, Nos. 5/6, 1995. p. 1453-1454.
This is an important and timely book that is conceptually sound, logically organized, and well written. The authors of this book have probably done as much as anyone in pioneering fractals in biology. This volume should
have significant appeal and interest to two groups. The first, for which it is (presumably mainly) aimed, is the biological (including biomedical and biophysical) science community which wants and needs a solid introduction to the general ideas and methods of fractals as applied to familiar themes, and that is not (for them) mathematically oppressive. The second group, which may include readers of this journal as well as others who
would like a broad presentation of those areas of biology where the concepts of fractals have been usefully applied. In this context, this book has the potential for building needed bridges between these groups and should be generally welcomed...