Biography
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".
Filmography
all 8
Movies 8
self 7
Self - Former Professor of Mathematics - Yale and Princeton
The Genius and the Boys (2009)
Movie
Self - physicist - Yale University
Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2008)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-11-20
Deathday2010-10-14 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceWarsaw, Poland
RelationshipsAliette Kagan (1955 - 2010)
RelativesSzolem Mandelbrojt
CitizenshipsFrance, Poland, United States
Also Known As Benoît Mandelbrot, Benoit Mandelbrot
AwardsFellow of the American Geophysical Union, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Fellow of the Econometric Society, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Humboldt Research Fellowship, Nevada Medal, Officer of the Legion of Honour, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, John Scott Award, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Japan Prize, Humboldt Prize, Franklin Medal, Lewis Fry Richardson Medal, Harvey Prize, Wolf Prize in Physics, Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science, Sterling Professor, IBM Fellow
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