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April 13, 2006
Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature, and Battelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 4/12/06
Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, Battelle Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is an internationally acknowledged and recognized mathematician. Dr. Mandelbrot originated the field of fractal geometry, and showed how fractals occur in many diverse places, both in nature and mathematics. He published The Fractal Geometry of Nature in 1982, recognized by The American Scientist as one of the most influential science books of the 20th Century.
Dr. Mandelbrot has authored more than 180 research publications and nearly a dozen books. He has been cited more than 20,000 times for his journal publications and conferences. He has received many awards, honors, and prizes for his remarkable achievements, including the Wolf Foundation Prize for Physics, the Japan Prize for Science and Technology, the Richardson Medal in Geophysics, and the Sierpinksi Prize in Mathematics. In the Legion d’Honneur of France, Dr. Mandelbrot became a Knight in 1990 and an Officer in 2006.
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