Saturday, October 16, 2010

Benoit Mandelbrot, RIP

Benoit Mandelbrot, RIP: "

Nothing in the news media yet, but many folks on Twitter and colleague Nassim Taleb are reporting that the father of fractal geometry is dead at age 85. We're not there yet, but someday Mandelbrot's name will be mentioned in the same breath as Einstein's as a genius who fundamentally shifted our perception of how the world works.



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