Clouds Are Not Spheres

Clouds Are Not Spheres

1/1/2010 0h 55m 7.7/10

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.

Director

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Top Billed Cast

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

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

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