The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Benoit B. Mandelbrot

ISBN 10: 0716711869 / ISBN 13: 9780716711865

Published by W. H. Freeman and Company September 1982, 1982

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Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. P.o. name on the second page. Binding is fine. Minor rubbing to the edges and corners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fractal Geometry of Nature
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company September 1982
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716711869
• ISBN 13: 9780716711865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science::Math

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Synopsis

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, and lightening does not travel in a straight line. The complexity of nature's shapes differs in kind, not merely degree, from that of the shapes of ordinary geometry, the geometry of fractal shapes.

Now that the field has expanded greatly with many active researchers, Mandelbrot presents the definitive overview of the origins of his ideas and their new applications. The Fractal Geometry of Nature is based on his highly acclaimed earlier work, but has much broader and deeper coverage and more extensive illustrations.

About the Author

Benoit Mandelbrot is the Abraham Robinson Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University and IBM Fellow Emeritus at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.