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
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/seed_video_feature_paola_antonelli_benoit_mandelbrot_highlights/
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thank you for the corection!
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