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Benoit Mandelbrot, who discovered mathematical shapes known as fractals, died of cancer at the age of 85, October 2010. Mandelbrot, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature. The concept has been used to measure coastlines, clouds and other natural phenomena and had far-reaching effects in physics, biology and astronomy. via BBC News See him talk about fractals and the art of roughness here.