Clouds Are Not Spheres

Clouds Are Not Spheres

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

2010 en 55 minutes

Rating: 7.7

Plot

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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Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

Carl Evertsz

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist

Martin Gutzwiller

Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist

Ralph E. Gomory

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

Ronald Coifman

Ronald Coifman

Self - Mathematician

Bernard Sapoval

Bernard Sapoval

Self - Physicist

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