Fractals : Form, chance and dimension (1977)
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Being a language, mathematics may be used not only to inform but also, among other things, to seduce.
— Benoît Mandelbrot
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About Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Poland-born French-American mathematician known as the "father of fractal geometry".
About Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Poland-born French-American mathematician known as the "father of fractal geometry".
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