Interview With Math Legend Benoit Mandelbrot

Vertigo01 writes "New Scientist is currently featuring an interview with Benoit Mandelbrot the father of the Mandelbrot set, and the man who discovered fractals. 'What motivates me now are ideas I developed 10, 20 or 30 years ago, and the feeling that these ideas may be lost if I don't push them a little bit further.'"

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i met him in person

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i got into yale university based on my success in the connecticut science fair for my assembly language project (on the trs-80 color computer! lol) exploring variations on fractals and john conway's game of life

you can imagine my awe when wandering the math building as a 17 year old freshman, i met benoit mandelbrot himself (he was faculty there, and i believe he still is)