 | Benoit B. Mandelbrot |
Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, was inducted to membership in the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States.
Mandelbrot has been called the "father of fractals" for his work showing that very simple formulas can generate objects that exhibit an extraordinary wealth of structure. His work encompasses mathematics, physics, economics and diverse other fields of physical and social sciences, music and art. Recently he has been very active in college and high school education. Together with M.L. Frame of Yale, he produced a DVD to motivate teachers to use fractals to make math relevant and exciting.
An interview with Mandelbrot, discussing fractals and his book "Fractals and the Geometry of Nature," conducted by CUNY-TV can be heard at www.cuny.tv/series/scienceword/.
Mandelbrot is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received numerous prestigious national and international awards for science and philosophy, including the Wolf Prize for Physics in 1993 for "having changed our view of nature" and the Japan Prize in 2003 for work in the Science and Technology of Complexity.
The American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of "promoting useful knowledge." Its current activities reflect the founder's spirit of inquiry, provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas, and convey the conviction that intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public. Past members included such notable individuals as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Louis Pasteur and Albert Einstein. Since 1900, more than 200 of the society's members have received the Nobel Prize.
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