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Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot(1924-2010)

The life and ideas of Donald Coxeter, whose geometry inspired Buckminster Fuller, helped Escher to draw, and illuminates our understanding of pineapples, air bags, and the shape of the universe itself.

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American mathematician and scientist who was born in Poland. He is a leader in the development of fractal theory and in the potential application of fractals to nature and design. Dr. Mandelbrot discovered the Mandelbrot Set on 1 March 1980 while working as an IBM Fellow at the Watson Research Center. Received his first PhD in Paris 1952: "Docteur d'Etat". Has held numerous professorial appointments at many different universities over time.

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