domingo, 17 de noviembre de 2013

Big Brains. Small Films. Benoît Mandelbrot, The Father of Fractals


IBM celebrates the life of Benoît B. Mandelbrot, IBM Fellow Emeritus and Fractal Pioneer. In this final interview shot by filmmaker Errol Morris, Mandelbrot shares his love for mathematics and how it led him to his wondrous discovery of fractals. His work lives on today in many innovations in science, design, telecommunications, medicine, renewable energy, film (special effects), gaming (computer graphics) and more.



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"People want to see patterns in the world. It is how we evolved. We descended from those primates who were best at spotting the telltale pattern of a predator in the forest, or of food in the savannah. So important is this skill that we apply it everywhere, warranted or not."
Benoît Mandelbrot
Fractal Inventor
IBM Fellow Emeritus

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