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Conversations tagged with: biography

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IN MEMORY OF BENOIT MANDELBROT1924 - 2010
A talk with Benoit Mandelbrot [12.19.10]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Fractals, Mathematics, Biography
Contributor(s): Dimitar D. Sasselov, George Dyson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Benoit Mandelbrot
Mentioned: Benoit Mandelbrot
DON'T DISAPPEAR INTO A DREAM
A Conversation with Richard Foreman [12.9.09]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography
ELIZA'S WORLD
Nicholas G. Carr [4.3.08]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography, Computer Science
Contributor(s): Jaron Lanier, Kevin Kelly
ERNST MAYR: A REMEMBRANCE - 1904-2005
Robert Trivers [2.7.05]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography
A THEORY OF ROUGHNESS
A Talk with Benoit Mandelbrot [12.19.04]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Mathematics, Biography
ABOUT BATESON
by John Brockman [11.19.04]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography
THE ASTONISHING FRANCIS CRICK
by Vilayanur Ramachandran [10.17.04]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography
JOHN MAYNARD SMITH (1920—2004) an obituary
by Richard Dawkins [5.5.04]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Biography
THE MAKING OF A PHYSICIST
A Talk With Murray Gell-mann [6.30.03]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Physics, Biography
PER BAK 1948–2002
A REMEMBERANCE BY LEE SMOLIN by Lee Smolin [12.31.01]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Complexity, Biography
W.D. Hamilton, an obituary
By Richard Dawkins [3.12.00]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Biology, Evolution, Biography

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