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Benoit Mandelbrot

The Butterfly Effect: How Tiny Actions Unleash Global Consequences

What if saving one life could doom millions? In Stephen King’s 11/22/63, a man named Jake discovers a portal that transports him back to 1958. Determined to prevent the assassination of President John …

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Choosing Your Next Book

Improving what you get out of reading starts with choosing the right books. Most books are a waste of time. This article gives you two simple ideas that you can stop wasting time on books that you …

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Benoit Mandelbrot — The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

“I have never done anything like others,” Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010) once said. That statement is proven time and time again in his autobiography: The Fractalist. Mandelbrot is …

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