Liz Ziemska
Autor de Mandelbrot the Magnificent
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- Género
- female
- Lugares de residencia
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Educación
- UCLA (BS, Biology)
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- 66
- Popularidad
- #259,059
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 2
The idea of math as magic is a very interesting concept, but you don't need to know complex math to appreciate the story. I was able to grasp the crucial points without just a rusty, high school-level understanding of fractals.
I feel like this story could have been either shorter or longer, but at the current length it felt a bit odd. I don't feel like there's enough of an explanation for why Mandelbrot doesn't continue to explore D. At the same time, there's remarkable character development in such a small space.
Anyway, I mostly grabbed this particular one because it was the shortest book on my shelf and I just needed something to hold me over until I got The Iliad from the library. I'd been holding off because I was afraid it was set in a concentration camp (see my review of Briar Rose...), but thankfully, it wasn't.
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p. 19) (Friends who had been reluctant to leave their park-view apartments, their Meissen china, their illusory dreams of status, did not survive.)… (más)