Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)

  • NR
  • 01/01/2010 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 55m

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

Overview

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.

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Director

Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot's headshot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self
Martin Shaw's headshot

Martin Shaw

Self - Host
Ivar Giaever's headshot

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
Pierre Roubinet's headshot

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher
Heinz-Otto Peitgen's headshot

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician
Carl Evertsz's headshot

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist
Martin Gutzwiller's headshot

Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist
Ralph E. Gomory's headshot

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

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