The Fractal Geometry of Nature. (FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.)

MANDELBROT, Benoit (1924-2010):

ISBN 10: 0716711869 / ISBN 13: 9780716711865

Published by San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1982., 1982

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, and scarce as such (there were dozens of later printings and most every copy found is one). The series of digits on the copyright page begins on the left with a 1, for first printing, and ends on the right with a 2, corresponding to the 2 in '1982'; the 19th printing is from 2000. Original cloth. Signature of former owner on flyleaf, else Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 20828

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fractal Geometry of Nature. (FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.)
• Publisher: San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1982.
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716711869
• ISBN 13: 9780716711865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

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.