Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Deceased · Born: Nov 20, 1924 · Died: Oct 14, 2010

Personal Details

BornNov 20, 1924 Warsaw, Poland

Biography

Benoit B. Mandelbrot, a Polish-born French-American mathematician of considerable intellect and versatility, pursued a multifaceted career that spanned various scientific disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the study of natural phenomena that exhibited rough, irregular, and unpredictable behavior, which he referred to as "the art of roughness".