French mathematician
Beniot Mandelbrot was born on 20 Nov, 1924 in
Warsaw, Poland. He was largely responsible for the present interest in
fractal geometry. He showed how fractals can be found in many different places in both mathematics and elsewhere in nature. Mandelbrot was born into a family with a strong academic tradition. His mother was a doctor. His father, however, made his living buying and selling clothes. As a young boy, Mandelbrot was introduced to mathematics by his two uncles. Mandelbrot's work on fractals as a mathematician at
IBM earned him an Emeritus Fellowship at the T. J. Watson Research Laboratories. He joined the faculty of
Yale in 1987. In German,
Mandelbrot means "almond bread", while
Benoît is French for "Benedict" meaning "blessed".
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