Fractals and the art of roughness - Benoit Mandelbrot

At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 -- the extreme complexity of roughness and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated.

Talk by Benoit Mandelbrot.

[StormiidaeBlogspot]

Can't believe TED put Benoit Mandelbrot on a timer.

[christophersteiner]

This was filmed February 13 2010, 8 months after this he died. What a great mind and humble man!

[TheStateOfEarth]

This talk reminds me of an aspect of chaos theory: that systems which are given the ability to become complex will. It can be a simple system, like a double pendulum however complex variation can arise from a simple set of rules and the freedom of the system. Complexity then does not necessarily need complex rules, rather a plane of possibility is the key ingredient for complexity.

[mrmeerkat]

RIP to the man who discovered the most beautiful and complex thing in the universe The Mandelbrot Set.

[gothenix]

The “B” In Benoît B Mandelbrot stands for Benoît B Mandelbrot

[sherthedugtrio_yt]

You are making about art so I think you are French cuz French love art and your voice, it helps me realize you are French! :)

[vizion]

I was moved beyond words, brilliance with humility and gentleness! Oh how we need this in the world today! The Mandelbrot set: God's drawings hidden in numbers!

[chronichronichronic]

wow... the man who learned how to count god. simply incredible.

[QueenFondue]

9:40 who else saw the dragon curve on the bottom of the screen?

[recklessroges]

That might be because this is The Person that made chaos cool. If you Google his name it should become clear, (insert repeated patter complexity joke).

[Alex-jbtb]

z := z^2 + c. Da muß man erst einmal draufkommen.