Clouds Are Not Spheres

Synopsis

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.

Details

Director

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Release

January 1, 2010

Status

Released

Country

United Kingdom

Network

Gordon Films UK

Runtime

55m

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Where to watch

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Cast

• Benoît B. Mandelbrot

  Self
• 
  Martin Shaw

  Self - Host
• Ivar Giaever

  Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
• Pierre Roubinet

  Self - Philosopher
• 
  Heinz-Otto Peitgen

  Self - Mathematician
• Carl Evertsz

  Self - Physicist
• Martin Gutzwiller

  Self - Theoretical Physicist
• Ralph E. Gomory

  Self - Former Head of Research IBM
• Ronald Coifman

  Self - Mathematician
• Bernard Sapoval

  Self - Physicist

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