The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick
by Benoit Mandelbrot
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0307377350
- ISBN 13
- 9780307377357
- Seller
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Wake Forest , North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
First edition/first printing. Square spine, no writing, no folded page corners. Dust jacket clean with no rips. Not a remainder or book club printing.
Synopsis
A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Benoit Mandelbrot obtained his doctorate from the University of Paris and spent more than thirty-five years at IBM as a research scientist. Best known as the father of fractal geometry, he transformed our understanding of information theory, economics, fluid turbulence, nonlinear dynamics, and geophysics. He died on October 14, 2010.
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- Seller
- Universe Of Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 230226-30
- Title
- The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick
- Author
- Benoit Mandelbrot
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307377350
- ISBN 13
- 9780307377357
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012-10-30
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