The Man Who Made Fractals Famous Dies at 85

Benoît Mandelbrot obituary
Mathematician whose fractal geometry helps us find patterns in the irregularities of the natural world

By the Numbers

Your students will enjoy these interesting numerical comparisons - data from 2000 and 2010.

http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/by-the-numbers-how-the-digital-revolution-changed-our-world.html?gt1=43002

And the Politicians Continue to Blame the Teachers

Benoit Mandelbrot Speaks at T.E.D.

The talk is hard to follow, especially for the lay person, but it it great to hear Mandelbrot speak.

Revisting Daniel Pink

I posted Dan Pink's T.E.D. talk about "What Motivates Us'' in a previous post. Here it is again with a great cartoon animation.