“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.”

About Benoit Mandelbrot

Mathematician • French, American

Benoit Mandelbrot was a Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences. He is widely recognized as the 'father of fractal geometry,' coining the term 'fractal'...