Why Is Geometry Often Described As Cold

Being A Language, Mathematics May Be Used Not Only To Inform But Also, Among Other Things, To Seduce.

I Conceived And Developed A New Geometry Of Nature And Implemented Its Use In A Number Of Diverse Fields. It Describes Many Of The Irregular And Fragmented Patterns Around Us, And Leads To Full-fledged Theories, By Identifying A Family Of Shapes I Call Fractals.

It Was A Very Big Gamble. I Lost My Job In France, I Received A Job In Which Was Extremely Uncertain, How Long Would Ibm Be Interested In Research, But The Gamble Was Taken And Very Shortly Afterwards, I Had This Extraordinary Fortune Of Stopping At Harvard To Do A Lecture And Learning About The Price Variation In Just The Right Way.

Pictures Were Completely Eliminated From Mathematics; In Particular When I Was Young This Happened In A Very Strong Fashion.

Asking The Right Questions Is As Important As Answering Them