Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press Benoit B. Mandelbrot at a conference in Tokyo in 2003. His death was caused by pancreatic cancer, his wife, Aliette, said. He had lived in Cambridge. Dr. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal” to refer to a new class of mathematical shapes whose uneven contours could mimic the irregularities found in nature. “Applied […]

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Anne Sellors’ STARmeter Skyrocketing Up 1,135%

A woman who feigned urinating on herself for 80’s film ‘Threads’ has an IMDB page which is skyrocketing in popularity: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457 Now her family is stepping in on the message boards to try an protect her from the trolls: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457/board/thread/170573546 by M_Cobretti 3 days ago (Mon Sep 13 2010 14:25:50) Hello everyone on the internet! […]

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