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[thatcatgirl]

Benoit Mandelbrot died last week. He's best know for having established fractal mathematics, A quick search can give you lots of information, but I liked this short biography for touching on other things he'd done, the sheer amount of his contributions is amazing

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[deckardcanine]

One of those names whose importance I've repeatedly forgotten, but I'm sure Randall Munroe has used it.

[thatcatgirl]

I suspect he has (though I don't remember any instance).