Monday, October 18, 2010

Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010) has joined fractals

It is always sad when you travel, did not check any news for some days and then learn that some great person has died. It feels to me that Benoit Mandelbrot has joined his fractals - his ideas will keep dividing and spreading and making new appearances.
obituary in NY Times
and great interview with Paola Antonelli
Beauty from Anarchy - Mathew Santhosh in The Huffington Post
pictures from BBC News

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2 comments:

  1. Rodd HeinoOctober 19, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/seed_video_feature_paola_antonelli_benoit_mandelbrot_highlights/

    the full link, yours was somehow broken

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  2. Daina TaiminaOctober 20, 2010 at 12:04 AM

    thank you for the corection!

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