FRACTAL FOUNDER  Benoit Mandelbrot, who discovered mathematical shapes known as fractals, died of cancer at the age of 85, October 2010. Mandelbrot, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature. The concept has been used to measure coastlines, clouds and other natural phenomena and had far-reaching effects in physics, biology and astronomy. via BBC News See him talk about fractals and the art of roughness here.

FRACTAL FOUNDER 

Benoit Mandelbrot, who discovered mathematical shapes known as fractals, died of cancer at the age of 85, October 2010. Mandelbrot, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature. The concept has been used to measure coastlines, clouds and other natural phenomena and had far-reaching effects in physics, biology and astronomy. via BBC News See him talk about fractals and the art of roughness here.

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