In his latest book, former senior computer systems designer and bestselling authorb Gregg Bradenb merges these ancient and modern world views into a powerful new model of time. Marrying the modern laws of fractal patterns to the ancient concept of cycles, he demonstrates how everything from the war and peace between nations to our most joyous relationships and personal crises are the returning patterns of our past. As each pattern returns, it carries the same conditions of previous cycles--ifractal patternsi that can be known, measured and predicted What makes this model so important today is that the returning cycles also carry a window of opportunity--ia choice pointi--that allows us to choose a new outcome for the cycle. Braden suggests that if we can see time from this perspective, the patterns will show us what's in store for the future, and perhaps how to avoid the mistakes of our past.p After presenting the case histories that confirm the accuracy of fractal time calculations,