RIP Benoit Mandelbrot - 10/17/10 02:12 AM
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
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