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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

Michael Frame, et al.

Michael Frame, Nathan Cohen

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Why on Earth Does 0!=1?

Here are several ways to make sense of this unintuitive fact

Jul 8

A colorful plot of the Gamma function using a cyclical color function. The result is mesmerizing rainbow-like bands of color interspersed with white contour lines.

Jul 8

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Hooked on e

How a number can change your life

May 20

Hooked on e

May 20

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Weird but True: i^i Is a Real Number

A step-by-step explanation of why the imaginary unit raised to an imaginary power is a real number

May 13

Weird but True: i^i Is a Real Number

May 13

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The Greatest Optical Illusion?

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

Aug 22, 2024

The Greatest Optical Illusion?

Aug 22, 2024

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What You Probably Never Knew About The √2

A rational use for an irrational number

Apr 2

What You Probably Never Knew About The √2

Apr 2

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This Week in Science History

Milestones in science, mathematics, and technology for the week of July 7th-July 13th

Jul 9

A 3-by-6 grid of 18 colorful square images, showing famous people and accomplishments in science and mathematics over the centuries.

Jul 9

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Iterated Function Systems: A Peek Inside the Forms of Nature

This fundamental fractal technique gives rise to a surprising number of natural and often breathtaking forms

Jun 25

Iterated Function Systems: A Peek Inside the Forms of Nature

Jun 25

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The Mathematics of Choice

Stars, bars, and how to make sense of a situation when you’re faced with choices

Jun 11

The Mathematics of Choice

Jun 11

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This Week in Science History

Milestones in science, mathematics, and technology for the week of May 19th-May 25th

May 25

This Week in Science History

May 25

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This Week in Science History

Milestones in science, mathematics, and technology for the week of May 12th-May 18th

May 17

This Week in Science History

May 17

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