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Quotes from The Fractal Geometry of Nature — Benoît Mandelbrot

1924–2010 France

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Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

Many creative minds overrate their most baroque works, and underrate the simple ones.

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

A fractal is by definition a set for which the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension strictly exceeds the topological dimension.

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benoît Mandelbrot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.