The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick, Paperback - Benoit Mandelbrot

Here is the remarkable life story of Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, and his unparalleled contributions to science mathematics,...

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Benoit Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.

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DescriptionDiscover the events of the Hindenburg Disaster.This book describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of ...

aeo Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers of the 20th Century. aeo This book brings together his reflections on health, illness and the art of...

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Perhaps no economist was more vindicated by the global financial crisis than Hyman P. Minsky (1919-96). Although a handful of economists raised ala...

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