Mandelbrot the Magnificent

author: Liz Ziemska
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2018/02/19
date added: 2018/02/19
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review:
'Mandelbrot the Magnificent' by Liz Ziemska is an imaginary biographical tale of Benoit Mandelbrot and his life during World War II.

Mandelbrot was born in the Warsaw ghetto during a particularly bad time in history. His family fled to France, and, as a young Jew, he wasn't very welcome there either. He escaped into the world of mathematics. There he chased the monstrous equations. He finds a unique ability in them, along with some of the power of magical realism, and he might find a way to escape the horrors of the world around him, but at what cost?

There is truth, there is magic and this a pretty great little story that combines the two. There is the faith and arrogance of youth, and a love of mathematics. Included in the book are some formulae as well as a couple of the fractal designs that Mandelbrot is famous for. I really loved this book.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Macmillan-Tor/Forge, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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