Benoît Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot. (1924 – 2010). Polish-born, French and American mathematician and polymath.

Ideas

• "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena.
• "the uncontrolled element in life".
• He referred to himself as a "fractalist" and is recognized for his contribution to the field of fractal geometry, which included coining the word "fractal", as well as developing a theory of "roughness and self-similarity" in nature.

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot
• Benoît_Mandelbrot_quotes