Clouds Are Not Spheres
Clouds Are Not Spheres

Clouds Are Not Spheres

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

7.7(3 votes)
2010
0h 55m
Documentary

Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slope of a mountain or the beauty of the human body. With fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot gave us a language for our natural world. In this captivating documentary, the man himself explains this groundbreaking discovery.

Production

Gordon Films UK

Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

Carl Evertsz

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist

Martin Gutzwiller

Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist

Ralph E. Gomory

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

Ronald Coifman

Ronald Coifman

Self - Mathematician

Bernard Sapoval

Bernard Sapoval

Self - Physicist

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