For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.
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Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.Benoit Mandelbrot
A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something smooth, but irregularities at a smaller scale.
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Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.
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Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.
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There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time.
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