Clouds Are Not Spheres
2010
7.7 (3)
55 min
English
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
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.
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- Released
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- Gordon Films UK
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Benoît B. Mandelbrot as Self
Martin Shaw as Self - Host
Ivar Giaever as Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
Pierre Roubinet as Self - Philosopher
Heinz-Otto Peitgen as Self - Mathematician
Carl Evertsz as Self - Physicist
Martin Gutzwiller as Self - Theoretical Physicist
Ralph E. Gomory as Self - Former Head of Research IBM
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Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon · Director
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