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Two Quotations By And About Mandelbrot

“True intellectual mavericks are rare, in part because not belonging to any established field is a lonely calling. All the more reason we should treasure those choosing this path. Their importance to science cannot be overstated.”

Michael Frame [editor of the journal Fractals]

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“The rare scholars who are nomads-by-choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.”

Benoit B. Mandelbrot [father of fractals]