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Chapter 1, Lingistique Statistique Macroscopique
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Logique, Langage et Théorie de L'Information
L. Apostel, B. Mandelbrot and A. Morf
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1957, vi + 207 pp.

 

 

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Les objets fractals: forme, hasard, et dimension
(1e édition, 1975, 2e édition, 1984, 3e édition, 1989)
4e édition Paris: Flammarion, 1995, viii+ 216 pp.

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Les objets fractals: forme, hasard, et dimension
1e édition
Paris: Flammarion, 1975, 196 pp.

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Les objets fractals: forme, hasard, et dimension
2e édition (1e édition, 1975)
Paris: Flammarion, 1984, vi + 208 pp.

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Les objets fractals: forme, hasard, et dimension
3e édition (1e édition, 1975, 2e édition, 1984)
Paris: Flammarion, 1989, vi + 268 pp.

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Objektu fraktalak: forma, zoria, eta dimentsioa
Basque translation of Les objets fractals by Inaki Azkune Mendia.
Usurbil: Elhuyar, 1992, 333 pp.
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Especially recommended to fluent readers of Basque.

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Fraktalnite obekti: forma, sluchainost i razmernost
Bulgarian translation of Les objets fractals by
Petr Filipov Lazarov, Andrei Juliev Bakhner,
and Ilia Vasiliev Petrov.
Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski Press, 1996, 275 pp.
Especially recommended to fluent readers of Bulgarian.

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Fraktály: Tvar, náhoda, a dimenze
Czech translation of Les objets fractals by Jirí Fiala.
Prague: Mladá fronta, 2003, 216 pp.
Especially recommended for fluent readers of Czech.

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Gli oggetti frattali: forma, caso e dimensione
.
Italian Translation of A2 by Roberto Pignoni;
preface by Luca Peliti & Angelo Vulpiani.
Torino: Giulio Einaudi, 1987, xx+207 pp.

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Objectos Fractals: Forma, Acaso, e Dimensão
Portuguese translation of Les objets fractals by
Carlos Fiolhais and José Luís Malaquais Lima.
Lisboa: Gradiva, 1989, 300 pp.
Especially recommended for fluent readers of Portuguese.

Obiectele fractale: forma, hazard, dimensiune. Romanian Translation of A3by Florin Monteanu. Bucaresti: Nemira, 1998.

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Los Objectos Fractales: forma, azar y dimensión
Spanish translation of Les objets fractals.
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 1993, 213 pp.
Especially recommended for fluent readers of Spanish.

 

 

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Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension.
San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company,
1977, xviii+265 pp.

 

 

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The Fractal Geometry of Nature
New York, NY: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1982,

xii + 461 + xvi pp.
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Da Zi Ran De Feng Xing Gi He Xue.
Chinese Translation of The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Yongmian Huang & Shouji Chen.
Shanghai: Far East Publishers. 1998, xvi + 16 + 574 pp.
Especially recommended for fluent readers of Mandarin Chinese.

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Die fraktale Geometrie der Natur.
German Translation of The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Reinhilt Zähle and Ulrich Zähle.
Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1987, 491 pp.
Especially recommended for fluent readers of German.

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Berlin (German Democratic Republic)
version of the preceeding book by Akademie-Verlag

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Fraktal Kikagaku.
Japanese Translation of C
directed by Heisuke Hironaka.
Tokyo: Nikkei Science, 1984, 464 + xvi pp.

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Fraktalnaya Geometria Prirody.
Russian translation of The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by A. R. Lorunova.
Moscow & Izhevsk: Scientific publishing Center, 2002.

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La Geometria Fractal de la Naturaleza.
Spanish Translation of The Fractal Geometry of Nature
by Josep Llosa.
Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 1997, 662 pp.
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Selecta Identification Code: E

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Fractals and Scaling in Finance:
Discontinuity, Concentration, Risk
New York: Springer, 1997, x+551pp.

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Fractales, hasard et finance
Paris: Flammarion, 1997, x + 246 pp.

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Fraktaly, sluchai i financy
Russian translation of Fractals and Scaling in Finance
by V. V. Shulikowkoi.
Moscow & Izhevsk: R&C Dynamics, 2004, 256 pp.

 

 

Selecta Identification Code: N

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Multifractals and 1/f Noise:
Wild Self-affinity in Physics

New York: Springer, 1999, viii + 442 pp.
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Selecta Identification Code: H

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Gaussian Self-Affinity and Fractals:
Globality, the Earth, 1/f, and R/S
New York: Springer, 2002, ix + 654 pp.

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Fractals, Graphics, and Mathematics Education
Michael FRAME and Benoit B. MANDELBROT
Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 2002, 206 pp.v $39.95

 

 

Selecta Identification Code: C

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Fractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond
New York: Springer, 2004, xii + 308 pp.
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Table of Contents
Prelude: Introducing a Maverick in Science

The (Mis)behavior of Markets:
A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward
New York: Basic Books, 2004, xxvi + 328pp.

Hardbound Errata Page 17 Corrected
Paperbound Page 17 Corrected

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Table of Contents
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The (Mis)behavior of Markets:
A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward
London: Profile Books, 2004, xxvi + 328pp.

Errata Page 17 Corrected

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Brazillian Translation of The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Alfonso Celso da Cunha Serra.
Elsevier and Editora Campus, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2004.

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French Translation of The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
Paris: Odile Jacob, 2005, 361pp.

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German Translation of The (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Helmut Reuter.
München, Piper Verlag, Deutschland, 2005.

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Italian Translation by Simonetta Frediani.
Einaudi, Torino, Italia, 2005.

 

 

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Nel Mondo dei Frattali
Roma: Di Renzo Editore, 2001, 64 pp.
€ 7.23