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Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924–2010)

Author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Includes the names: B. Mandelbrot, Benoit Mandelbrot, Benoit Mandelbrot, Benoît Mandelbrot, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Benoît Mandelbrot, Benoît B. Mandelbrot

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The Fractal Geometry of Nature 480 copies, 2 reviews
The Misbehavior of Markets 425 copies, 10 reviews
Fractals 77 copies, 1 review
Fractals and Scaling In Finance 37 copies
Fractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond 14 copies, 1 review
Fractales, hasard et finance, 1959-1997 9 copies
Nel mondo dei frattali 4 copies, 1 review
Gaussian Self-Affinity and Fractals 4 copies
Multifractals and 1/f Noise: Wild Self-Affinity in Physics (1963-1976) 4 copies
(Fractal Geometry of Nature (Updated)) By Mandelbrot, Benoit B. (Author)… 2 copies
Fractals, Graphics, and Mathematics Education (Mathematical Association of… 2 copies, 1 review
The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick 1 copy
Objetos Fractais 1 copy
Une approche fractale des marchés: risquer, perdre et gagner 1 copy

Fractals, Form, Chance, and Dimension 1 copy

Fractal geometry and applications : a jubilee of Benoît Mandelbrot 1 copy

Fractals in physics : essays in honour of Benoit B. Mandelbrot :… 1 copy

Fractal Landscapes from the Real World 1 copy

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Mandelbrot, Benoît B.

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1924-11-20

Date of death

2010-10-14

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Warsaw, Poland ( [1936])

Paris, France ( [1936] ∙ [1949])

Pasadena, California, USA (1947-1949)

Scarsdale, New York, USA

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (death)

Education

California Institute of Technology (MS ∙ Aeronautics ∙ 1948)

University of Paris (PhD ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1952)

Occupations

mathematician

research fellow (Thomas J. Watson Center ∙ IBM ∙ Yorktown Heights ∙ New York ∙ USA ∙ 1958- )

professor (Mathematics ∙ Harvard University)

professor (Mathematics ∙ Yale University ∙ 1987- )

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Wolf Prize (Physics ∙ 1993)

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