Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life in Many Dimensions (Fractals and Dynamics in Mathematics, Science, and the Arts:): 1 (FRACTALS AND DYNAMICS IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS) - Hardcover

Michael Frame; Nathan Cohen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814366064 ISBN 13: 9789814366069

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2015

Synopsis

This is a collection of articles, many written by people who worked with Mandelbrot, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science and the arts. Contributors include mathematicians, physicists, biologists, economists, and engineers, as expected; and also artists, musicians, teachers, an historian, an architect, a filmmaker, and a comic. Some articles are quite technical, others entirely descriptive. All include stories about Benoit.

Also included are chapters on fractals and music by Charles Wuorinen and by Harlan Brothers, on fractals and finance by Richard Hudson and by Christian Walter, on fractal invisibility cloaks by Nathan Cohen, and a personal reminiscence by Aliette Mandelbrot.

While he is known most widely for his work in mathematics and in finance, Benoit influenced almost every field of modern intellectual activity. No other book captures the breadth of all of Benoit's accomplishments.

About this title

About the Author

Frame teaches at Union College, where his is Associate Professor of Mathematics. He has extensive teaching and research experience elsewhere as well. Frame was Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.

From the Back Cover

This is a collection of articles, many written by people who worked with Mandelbrot, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science and the arts. Contributors include mathematicians, physicists, biologists, economists, and engineers, as expected; and also artists, musicians, teachers, an historian, an architect, a filmmaker, and a comic. Some articles are quite technical, others entirely descriptive. All include stories about Benoit.

While he is known most widely for his work in mathematics and in finance, Benoit influenced almost every field of modern intellectual activity. No other book captures the breadth of all of Benoit's accomplishments.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814366064
• ISBN 13: 9789814366069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 580