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The Fractal Geometry of Nature
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Benoit B. Mandelbrot
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from USA supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Hardback, 480 pages, Updated Edition | | Other Information: | 418 illustrations | | Published In: | United States, 18 November 1982 |
"...a blend of erudition (fascinating and sometimes obscure historical minutiae abound), popularization (mathematical rigor is relegated to appendices) and exposition (the reader need have little knowledge of the fields involved) ...and the illustrations include many superb examples of computer graphics that are works of art in their own right." Nature |
About the AuthorBenoit Mandelbrot is the Abraham Robinson Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University and IBM Fellow Emeritus at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
Reviews"A rarity: a picture book of sophisticated contemporary research ideas in mathematics."--Douglas Hofstadter, author of "Godel, Escher, Bach"
| Publisher: | W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd | | ISBN: | 0716711869 |
| EAN: | 9780716711865 | | Dimensions: | 23.52 x 20.83 x 2.72 centimeters (1.00 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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