| − | '''Benoit Mandelbrot''' (born 1924) is a [[Polish]] [[mathematician]]. He is most famous for his work an [[fractal]]s (a term which he coined) and [[chaos theory]] in general. <ref>[http://www.math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/web_docs/VitaOnePage.doc] Vita (doc) </ref> | + | '''Benoit Mandelbrot''' (1924 - 2010) was a Franco-American [[mathematician]] who was born in Poland. He is most famous for his work an [[fractal]]s (a term which he coined) and [[chaos theory]] in general.<ref>[http://www.math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/web_docs/VitaOnePage.doc] Vita (doc)</ref> |