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“For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.”
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“My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents. Yet when I look back, I see a pattern.”
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“Mandelbrot saw a seemingly smooth boundary resolve itself into a chain of spirals like the tails of sea horses. The irrational fertilized the rational.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“(Since algebra derives from the Arabic jabara = to bind together, fractal and algebra are etymological opposites!)”
― The Fractal Geometry of Nature
― The Fractal Geometry of Nature
“The abstract, curvilinear motifs of ancient Islamic decorative art found in mosaics and carpet design appear again and again at all scales of magnification on the boundary of the Mandelbrot set.”
― Introducing Fractal Geometry
― Introducing Fractal Geometry
Stacey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stacey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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157 books
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