# Fractals and the art of roughness

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Benoit Mandelbrot
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_and_the_art_of_roughness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 -- the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated.

## Lectures

1. [Fractals and the art of roughness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_and_the_art_of_roughness/2fc02d8ebf3a), 17 min (TED's player)