Objet Fractals Forme Hasard Dimension by Mandelbrot Benoit (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 leaves, 190 pp, 3 leaves; illus. Original wrappers, with original wrap-around band with author and title. Near Fine. First Edition. In 1973-74 Mandelbrot gave a series of lectures at the Collège de France in which he refined his earlier works into a more coherent whole. In 1975 he coined the word 'fractal,' and gathered the lectures together as a book, Les objets fractals: forme, hasard et dimension [offered here]. In 1977 an English version, Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension, appeared with further revisions and expansions.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [5], 2-190, [6] pp. Bound in original wrappers with the publisher's wrap-around band. Numerous additional black and white illustrations. Mandelbrot is best-known for his discovery of fractal geometry, a mathematical theory that can be used to represent the "roughness" of things such as the shape of mountains or coastlines. He introduced the term 'fractal' in 1975 in this book. A very attractive example of the first monograph on fractal geometry by its discoverer and most famous exponent. A small tear to one leaf and a tiny split to the top rear fold of the wrap-around band, else Fine.