The Fractal Geometry of Nature. (FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.)

MANDELBROT, Benoit (1924-2010):

ISBN 10: 0716711869 / ISBN 13: 9780716711865

Published by San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1982., 1982

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, and scarce as such (there were dozens of later printings and most every copy found is one). The series of digits on the copyright page begins on the left with a 1, for first printing, and ends on the right with a 2, corresponding to the 2 in '1982'; the 19th printing is from 2000. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. No internal markings. Seller Inventory # 20828

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fractal Geometry of Nature. (FIRST ...

Publisher: San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1982.

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

"...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

Review:

"A rarity: a picture book of sophisticated contemporary research ideas in mathematics." --Douglas Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Bach