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2010-10-16 Science & Technology

Father of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot, dead

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Posted by tipper 2010-10-16 18:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Don't know how many physics buffs we have on the burg, know there's a few though. His passing should be equated with that of Pascal or Bernoulli. I'm sure he will take his place among the great names of science.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-10-16 22:30|| 2010-10-16 22:30|| Front Page Top

#2 bigjim, we've got a couple of actual physicists, too. James hasn't spoken up in a while, but he's a real live physics professor, and g(r)omgoru is a practicing physicist.

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