Clouds Are Not Spheres

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2010
  • 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.

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Director
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
Starring
Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Martin Shaw, Ivar Giaever, Pierre Roubinet

Cast

  • Benoît B. Mandelbrot

    Self

  • Martin Shaw

    Martin Shaw

    Self - Host

  • Ivar Giaever

    Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

  • Pierre Roubinet

    Self - Philosopher

  • Heinz-Otto Peitgen

    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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