Benoit Mandelbrot is one of the twentieth century's best known mathematicians. So why, in the twilight of an extraordinary academic career, is he still angry with many of his colleagues? Jim Giles investigates.
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Giles, J. Father of fractals. Nature 432, 266–267 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432266a
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