Benoit Mandelbrot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot was a Polishborn, French and American mathematician with broad interests in practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as the art of roughness of physical phenomena and the uncontrolled element in life. He referred to himself as a fractalist. He is recognized for his contribution to the field of fractal geometry, which included coining the word fractal, as well as developing a theory of roughness and selfsimilarity in nature.
Mandelbrot was born in Warsaw during the Second Polish Republic. His family was Jewish. Although his father made his living trading clothing, the family had a strong academic tradition and his mother was a dental surgeon. He was first introduced to mathematics by two of his uncles, one of whom, Szolem Mandelbrojt, was a mathematician who resided in Paris. According to Mandelbrots autobiography, he love of his mind was mathematics.16
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