“Big Think Interview With Benoit Mandelbrot.” Youtube, uploaded by Big Think, 23 April 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm-2ouPGrlY
This video was a key resource to better understand Mandelbrot’s character. It helped establish and develop Mandelbrot’s pursuit of happiness and shed more insight upon his life and research. The video was used in nearly every genre, but was especially prevalent in the interview.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopedia. "Benoit Mandelbrot". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Nov. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benoit-Mandelbrot. Accessed 31 May 2022.
This was a general purpose document that provided information on Mandelbrot’s research and career. This was utilized in nearly every genre but was especially important in the interview piece.
Editors of Your Dictionary. “Benoit B. Mandelbrot.” Biography, n.d., https://biography.yourdictionary.com/benoit-b-mandelbrot.
This article provided more information on Mandelbrot’s life and career. It helped develop the interview piece and “On the Discovery of the Mandelbrot Set: A Memoir.” The piece showed a development from Mandelbrot’s childhood to early career.
Frame, Michael. “R/IAMA - We Worked with Fractal Pioneer Benoit Mandelbrot at IBM and Yale University. AMA.” Reddit, 2014, https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1s5srh/we_worked_with_fractal_pioneer_benoit_mandelbrot/.
This piece touched on Mandelbrot’s friends and their experiences with Mandelbrot. It helped construct the twitter post and gain a general sense of Mandelbrot’s personality.
Jones, Jonathan. “Benoît B Mandelbrot: The Man Who Made Geometry an Art.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Oct. 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/oct/19/benoit-b-mandelbrot-geometry-art.
This article contained information regarding Mandelbrot’s greatest achievements as a form of an obituary. It helped me develop the newspaper genre and follow newspaper genre conventions.
O'Connor, J J, and E F Robertson. “Gaston Julia - Biography.” Maths History, Dec. 2008, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Julia/.
This article pertained to Gaston Julia’s personal life. It showed his development from early childhood to young adulthood and the many hardships he faced throughout his life. It helped me create the poem and better establish a connection between Julia and Mandelbrot.