I used to enjoy reading his theories on fractal geometry.
Then his book "The (mis)behavior of Markets" cured me off market speculation for good.
Benoit B Mandlebrot - described by some as 'the man who moved orthogonally"
Now he is gone to that great fractal set in the sky.
http://www.tri-cityheral...ctal-geometry-dies.html
At least he has left a worthy disciple in Nasim Taleb.
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." (Niels Bohr)