Benoît Mandelbrot vs. Bertrand Russell
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Benoît Mandelbrot
1924 – 2010
Benoit B. Mandelbrot was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life". He referred to himself as a "fractalist" and is recognized for his contribution to the field of fractal geometry, which included coining the word "fractal", as well as developing a theory of "roughness and self-similarity" in nature.
"The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people. In this spirit, the stock market is one o…"
Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970
British philosopher, logician, and social critic.
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead."
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