Wardle was perhaps the first British painter to experiment artistically with the ideas of Benoit Mandelbrot and other 'chaos' mathematicians, exploring in his work how 'the complexity associated with natural and organic forms can be generated, in appearance at least, by simple rules' (from Piers Wardle's catalogue for an exhibition held at the Pomeroy Purdy Gallery in April 1989).
In addition, the name "Mandelbrot" is a reference to both the famous mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot and his celebrated Mandelbrot Set.
Benoît Jacquot | Saint-Benoît | Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire | Mandelbrot set | David Benoit | Tab Benoit | Saint-Benoît, Réunion | Mandelbrot Competition | David Benoit (musician) | Benoît Pelletier | Benoit Mandelbrot | Benoît David | Pierre Benoit | Laurent-Benoît Dewez | Jean-Benoît Dunckel | François-Benoît Hoffman | Chezal-Benoît | Benoît Vermander | Benoît Peeters | Benoît Mandelbrot | Benoît Malon | Benoît Jutras | Benoît de Maillet | Benoît de Boigne | Benoît Brisefer | Saint-Benoît, Vienne | Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire | Saint-Benoît-du-Sault | Pierre Benoît (novelist) | Pierre Benoit (novelist) |
Vespignani has worked in a number of areas of physics, including characterization of non-equilibrium phenomena and phase transitions, and collaborated with, among others, Luciano Pietronero and Benoit Mandelbrot.
The book also includes invited Contributions by Benoît Mandelbrot, Adrien Douady, Gert Eilenberger and Herbert W. Franke, which provide additional formality and some historically interesting detail.