That was an interesting article!
I’ve always been enamored with fractals...in Nature and in my food. That Romanesco Broccoli is a blast to grow - people get the funniest expressions on their faces the first time they see it. (It tastes/cooks up just like Cauliflower.)
Hard to believe no one figured this out/gave it a ‘name’ until 1975, though. I mean, all you have to do is LOOK at The Natural World and you can’t NOT see the repeating patterns. ;)