Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924–2010)
Author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature
About the Author
Benoit Mandelbrot is Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University and a Fellow Emeritus at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Laboratory.
Image credit: Mandelbrot at a TED conference in 2010 Photo: Steve Jurvetson
Works by Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Associated Works
The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals (2004) — Contributor — 56 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1924-11-20
- Date of death
- 2010-10-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Poland (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
Pasadena, California, USA
Scarsdale, New York, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA (show all 8)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Warsaw, Poland - Education
- School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study (postdoctoral fellow|1953-1954)
University of Paris (Faculté des Sciences|Docteur d'Etat ès Sciences Mathématiques|1952)
California Institute of Technology (Professional Engineer|Aeronautics|194()
California Institute of Technology (MS|Aeronautics|1948)
École Polytechnique (Ingénieur diplômé|1947) - Occupations
- mathematician
university professor - Organizations
- Harvard University
Yale University
IBM - Awards and honors
- Wolf Prize (Physics, 1993)
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (2002)
Franklin Medal (1986)
Harvey Prize (1989)
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