Quotes from book
The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Benoît Mandelbrot

The Fractal Geometry of Nature is a 1982 book by the Franco-American mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot.

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

Benoît Mandelbrot book The Fractal Geometry of Nature

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

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

Benoît Mandelbrot book The Fractal Geometry of Nature

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982)

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“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.”

Benoît Mandelbrot book The Fractal Geometry of Nature

The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982), p. 1

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