Benoit Mandelbrot date of birth:
November 20, 1924
How old was Benoit Mandelbrot when died?
85
Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (present-day Warsaw, Poland)
When did Benoit Mandelbrot die?
October 14, 2010
What religion is Benoit Mandelbrot?
Jewish
What is Benoit Mandelbrot nationality?
American
What is Benoit Mandelbrot's occupation?
Economist
Short Biography
Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born, French and American scientist-mathematician. He has been most widely recognized and honored for his discoveries in the field of fractal geometry. Science writer Arthur C. Clarke credits fractals as being "one of the most astonishing discoveries in the entire history of mathematics." Best-selling essayist-author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a Mandelbrot protégé and a scientific adviser at Universa Investments, has remarked that Mandelbrot's book The (Mis)Behavior of Markets is in his opinion "The deepest and most realistic finance book ever published."