Written by a scientist for non-scientists, simplistic and jokey, makes you feel a bit talked-down-to. Nevertheless Wolf uses his imagination (or other scientists' imaginations) so well he seems to hit accidentally on certain truths — (unles…Through the early to mid-80's the commune's fortunes fluctuated (sometimes nearly flickering out). Fard self-published a series xeroxed "Visionary Recitals" in which he attempted a synthesis of heretical and antinomian spirituality, post-Si…
Benoit Mandelbrot
mathematician · 3 mentions across 2 readings
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Mandelbrot appears as a passing reference in these readings, invoked through the broader concept of chaos science that informed experimental artistic and political thinking in the 1980s counterculture. His work on fractals and non-linear systems provided theoretical scaffolding for the synthesis of science, spirituality, and radical politics that underground figures like Fard attempted in their "Visionary Recitals," suggesting how mathematical complexity entered the discourse of cultural dissidence.
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