Benoit Mandelbrot, the Polish-born, French and American mathematician, known as the "father of fractal geometry," is celebrated in today's Google Doodle, on what would have been his 96th birthday.
Fractals: On the Edge of Chaos by Oliver Linton Bloomsbury, 2021 ($14) Most of the shapes found in nature cannot be described mathematically using classical geometry. Rather than simple straight lines ...
Drawn from the irregular shapes and processes found in nature, his research benefited a wide array of fields, from art to physics and finance. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's ...
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