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The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick
By Mandelbrot, Benoit B.
- ISBN
- 9780307377357
- Publisher
- Pantheon
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Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Science and Technology
Mathematician Mandelbrot (Fractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond) died in 2010, but not before writing down the story of his life and work. This memoir describes a scientific career marked by unconventional choices and an intuition for overlooked areas of inquiry. His rapidly changing interests brought the mathematician into collaboration with everyone from John vo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
