CLOUDS ARE NOT SPHERES (2010)

Clouds Are Not Spheres
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Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
Documentary
January 1, 2010
English
0h 55m
England
Gordon Films UK

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.

Cast & Characters

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

Crew

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