Category Archives: Mandelbrot

Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist: 04 Dirt-Poor Hills of Unoccupied Vichy France, 1939–43 Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on August 28, 2019 by flybrand1976

Mandelbrot’s family continues to survive as the violence of World War II escalates.  Hard work provides a way out.  Luck breaks for the family again. Best Quote(s) “Xenophobia lost, meritocracy won, and she deliberately misplaced my family’s files.” Chapter 4, … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist: 03 Adolescent in Paris, 1936–39 – Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on August 27, 2019 by flybrand1976

Pages – ; Locations 675 – 860 Mandelbrot’s youth is about promise and his family’s focus on survival.  In Chapter 3 we find our young student in France with a need to exceed in education, but with the reader knowing … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist: 02 Childhood in Warsaw – Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on August 26, 2019 by flybrand1976

Warsaw shaped Mandelbrot as his first home, site of his early education and as a way of life that would be completely erased.  His family focused on staying alive and ahead of the Nazi advance at a time when others … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s the Fractalist 01: Roots: Of Flesh and the Mind – Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on August 25, 2019 by flybrand1976

“As observed by a writer native to that part of Europe, Woe to the poet born in an interesting piece of geography in a violent time.” Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s Fractalist: 00 Beauty and Roughness, Introduction – Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on August 24, 2019 by flybrand1976

Introduction: xi – xvii This is the fourth page-by-page review I’ve published, and it is the first where I was reading the book for the first time.  Mandelbrot’s Misbehavior of Markets is one of my favorite finance books and his work … Continue reading →

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