Movie
Clouds Are Not Spheres
“The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician”
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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Details
- Directed by
- Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
- Released
- 1 Jan 2010
- Status
- Released
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Gordon Films UK
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
- BBenoît B. MandelbrotSelf
Martin ShawSelf - Host- IIvar GiaeverSelf - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
- PPierre RoubinetSelf - Philosopher
Heinz-Otto PeitgenSelf - Mathematician- CCarl EvertszSelf - Physicist
- MMartin GutzwillerSelf - Theoretical Physicist
- RRalph E. GomorySelf - Former Head of Research IBM
- RRonald CoifmanSelf - Mathematician
- BBernard SapovalSelf - Physicist
