The term fractal was coined by Benoit B. Mandelbrot (and no, the B in his name doesn’t stand for Benoit B. Mandelbrot), and he was instrumental in the discussion of the coastline paradox.

As it happens, these four lines can serve as a perfect metaphor for the infinitely detailed, "self-similar" nature of fractals. In this interactive, zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set, the most ...

Fractals: A Sense of Scale. By Peter Tyson; Posted 10.01.08; ... In this interactive, zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set, the most famous of fractals, to the mind-bending ...

On 14 October 2010, the genius who coined the word - Polish-born mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot - died, aged 85, from cancer. Unfortunately, there is no definition of fractals that is both simple ...

2D fractal. Mathematicians have studied self-similar shapes like this one since the turn of the last century, but it was Benoît Mandelbrot who named them “fractals” in 1975.

Fractal What? Mandelbrot Explains. ByMatthew Herper, Former Staff. I cover science and medicine, and believe this is biology's century. Apr 02, 2002, 08:00am EST Jun 06, 2013, 02:09pm EDT.

Benoit Mandelbrot, who died last week at 85, was to math what Carl Sagan was to astrophysics. He wasn't just a researcher; he popularized scientific ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Benoit Mandelbrot, a pioneer in fractal mathematics and the person who coined the term, has died in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 85. Aliette Mandelbrot told ...