The Coastline Paradox Explained

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Sources and further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%E2%80%93Bouligand_dimension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast#Coastline_problem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpi%C5%84ski_curve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_coastline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Long_Is_the_Coast_of_Britain%3F_Statistical_Self-Similarity_and_Fractional_Dimension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal