Father of Fractal Geometry: Benoit Mandelbrot
“Clouds are not spheres, order mountains are not cones, order coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.”
—Benoit Mandelbrot
The Fractal Geometry of Nature
The visionary, revolutionary mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot has died, aged 85. He was a genius in the truest and most passionate sense of the word. May he rest in peace. Several fractalicious, Mandelbrotastic clips are compiled below for your edification and viewing pleasure:
October 16th, 2010 at 5:43 am
He is really dead???
Your source looks like a hoax
October 16th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
@nagash: No, he really died. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot#Death
October 16th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
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