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Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life in Many Dimensions

Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life in Many Dimensions

A marvelous collection of articles, many by those who worked with Benoit, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science & art.

2014

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The Trembling Giant

He‘s been growing for as many as 80,000 years. Now he’s dying.

6d ago

The Trembling Giant

6d ago

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Interplanetary Jazz: Juno Meets Jaco

The plasma waves around Jupiter’s moon, Europa, dance to the beat of a jazz trio.

Nov 18

Interplanetary Jazz: Juno Meets Jaco

Nov 18

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Across Two Centuries: From Bach to Mandelbrot

A truly Baroque connection

Nov 12

Across Two Centuries: From Bach to Mandelbrot

Nov 12

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Using Fractal Geometry to Discover Patterns in the Prime Numbers

The prime numbers are repulsive. Really.

Sep 26

Using Fractal Geometry to Discover Patterns in the Prime Numbers

Sep 26

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The Greatest Optical Illusion?

How the brilliant cognitive scientist Roger Shepard turned the tables on us all

Aug 22

The Greatest Optical Illusion?

Aug 22

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Fractal Folk Music

A 600 year-old musical algorithm can be used to produce authentic-sounding Chinese folk music

Nov 8

Fractal Folk Music

Nov 8

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The World in a Grain of Sand

Amazingly, we can see the number “1” as containing the infinite set of counting numbers

Oct 31

The World in a Grain of Sand

Oct 31

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From Randomness to Fractal Jazz

A randomized sequence of notes can sound surprisingly musical

Oct 16

From Randomness to Fractal Jazz

Oct 16

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The Plastic Industry, Pollution, and the Misuse of Math

How the industry secretly shuffles the numbers to hide the truth about recycling

Oct 8

The Plastic Industry, Pollution, and the Misuse of Math

Oct 8

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Come Write for Science Spectrum!

Sep 22

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