The Mandelbrot Set Is The

If One Takes The Kinds Of Risks Which I Took, Which Are Colossal, But Taking Risks, I Was Rewarded By Being Able To Contribute In A Very Substantial Fashion To A Variety Of Fields. I Was Able To Reawaken And Solve Some Very Old Problems.

The Mandelbrot Set Is The Most Complex Mathematical Object Known To Mankind.

In Fact, I Barely Missed Being Number One In France In Both Schools. In Particular I Did Very Well In Mathematical Problems.

I Conceived, Developed And Applied In Many Areas A New Geometry Of Nature, Which Finds Order In Chaotic Shapes And Processes. It Grew Without A Name Until 1975, When I Coined A New Word To Denote It, Fractal Geometry, From The Latin Word For Irregular And Broken Up, Fractus. Today You Might Say That, Until Fractal Geometry Became Organized, My Life Had Followed A Fractal Orbit.

An Extraordinary Amount Of Arrogance Is Present In Any Claim Of Having Been The First In Inventing Something.