Friday, September 2

            The third of Mom’s birthday gifts from Amazon arrived, Benoit Mandelbrot’s book, The Fractal Geometry of Nature.  Awesome.  This 1977 classic helped show how mathematics could also help explain how to understand nature, such as coast lines and mountains, and not just help build a bridge or skyscraper.  His formula’s, derived while working at IBM’s research and development department, when graphed, create beautiful images that repeat infinitely.