About this title: "...a blend of erudition (fascinating and sometimes obscure historical minutiae abound), popularization (mathematical rigor is relegated to appendices) and exposition (the reader need have little knowledge of the fields involved) ...and the illustrations include many superb examples of computer graphics that are works of art in their own right." ...
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Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* 460 pp., Hardcover, previous owner's name and handstamp to front free endpaper, else very good in a very good dustjacket. read more
Description: Fine. 0716711869 W.H. Freeman hardcover w/dustjacket, 1983-6th printing, very clean, No marks/tears, very light wear...Near Fine/Fine...New mylar cover, bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: W. H. Freeman, 1983
Description: Haedcover. 3rd Edition 16th Printing. (about 9" x 8"). 468pp. illustrated. references. A vg+ copy in a vg+ dustwrapper with no tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
Date Published: 1982-08-15
ISBN-13:9780716711865ISBN:0716711869
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780716711865. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780716711865ISBN:0716711869
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. H. Freeman, San Francisco
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780716711865ISBN:0716711869
Description: Near Fine. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY BENOIT B. MANDELBROT. A Near Fine hardback Stated First Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. 468 pp. A Scarce Signed copy of Mandelbrot's seminal work. Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-) is a noted mathematician often called the father of fractal geometry. The current volume introduced fractals in a approachable manner to both professional mathematicians and the non-mathematical world. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. H. Freeman, New York
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780716711865ISBN:0716711869
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket. 0716711869. Rear hinge cracked, front hinge starting. Spine and rear board margin sunned; spine gilt appears unaffected. Light rubbing and bumping to spine extremities. Light rubbing to tips of board corners. A couple small stains on rear board. Small ding and surface scratch on rear board. Else binding clean. Previous owner's blindstamp on first and last pages. Small pencil mark on page bottoms. Else pages clean.; B&W Illustrations; 9.25 x 8.25"; 468 pages. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780716711865ISBN:0716711869
Description: New. Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, and lightening does not travel in a straight line. The complexity of nature's shapes differs in kind, not merely degree, from that of the shapes of ordinary geometry, the geometry of fractal shapes. read more
"More a reference than a read, Mandelbrot was the first mathematician and naturalist to embrace fractals, second citizen equations that turned out to be elegant expressions of much of the patterns, sequences, arrangements we can see in molecules, simple life forms, organ systems, complex life forms, environments, ecosystems.... Some of it is user friendly, some needs to be skimmed by those who don't care about the math, but Mandelbrot is supportive of both kinds of readers."
"I didn't really read this. More like glance through. I thought it would be a book of pretty pictures of patterns in nature. Its not. It is like a mathmeticians text book. Oops."
"After seeing the author lecture I bought this book, which is completely over my head but illustrated with some of the most beautiful fractal representations I've seen. For anyone interested in fractal geometry, specifically in nature, its a great place to get inspired."
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