If you're not familiar with Mandelbrot and fractal geometry, you should be.

Here's a wiki page about the man:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot

Here's a picture:


Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEw8xpb1aRA

And finally, here's a funny quote about his passing:

"RIP Benoit Mandelbrot. Thank God he wasn't murdered. It would have taken the cops forever to draw the chalk outline." --Andy Ihnatko

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