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Now that the field has expanded greatly
with many active researchers, Mandelbrot presents the definitive
overview of the origins of his ideas and their new applications.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature is based on his highly
acclaimed earlier work, but has much broader and deeper
coverage and more extensive illustrations.
Whether your interests lie in nature and
its shapes, in art, science, or geometry itself, The
Fractal Geometry of Nature will delight and inspire
you.
Benoit B. Mandelbrot, an IBM Fellow at
the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights,
New York, and a Professor of Mathematics at Yale, has been
hailed as "the father of fractals." He belongs
to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and has received the 1985 Barnard Medal
for Meritorious Service to Science and the 1986 Franklin
Medal for Original and Eminent Service in Science. His research
has concentrated on extreme and unpredictable irregularity
in natural phenomena in the physical, social, and biological
sciences.
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