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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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The Curious Case of Ulam’s Prime Spiral

How some idle doodling at a conference inspired the March 1964 cover of Scientific American and renewed interest in quadratic number theory

Oct 29

The Curious Case of Ulam’s Prime Spiral

Oct 29

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Bach Behind Bars

For two decades, I’ve studied Bach and published on the mathematics of his timeless music. I never knew he served time.

Nov 6

Bach Behind Bars

Nov 6

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Climate Blues

Using math and music, we can listen to the urgent sound of our rapidly warming Earth

Oct 23

Climate Blues

Oct 23

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Finger Paints, Fractals, and the Incredible George Sand

Decalcomania is a time-honored technique with connections to fractal geometry. Here, we explore new territory in the artwork of George…

Sep 8

Finger Paints, Fractals, and the Incredible George Sand

Sep 8

H-Index: Mathematician Stories

This is the second installment in a new effort to organize three years’ worth of my popular math and science stories here on Medium

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H-Index: Mathematician Stories

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H-Index: Nature & Environment Stories

This is the start of a new effort to organize three years' worth of math and science stories I’ve written here on Medium

Nov 8

H-Index: Nature & Environment Stories

Nov 8

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Happy Anniversary, Science Spectrum!

Science Spectrum is one year old — and what a year it’s been!

Oct 6

Happy Anniversary, Science Spectrum!

Oct 6

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Happy Pythagorean Triple Square Day!

We’re lucky to get one of these in a lifetime.

Sep 17

Happy Pythagorean Triple Square Day!

Sep 17

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Join Me for Science Spectrum’s Session on Medium Day!

Come visit on Friday, September 19th, at 12:00 PM EDT to learn about how we approach effective science writing

Sep 13

Join Me for Science Spectrum’s Session on Medium Day!

Sep 13

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