
Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
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.
Documentary
Clouds Are Not Spheres
Rating
7.7/10
Release Date
2010-01-01
Runtime
55 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Self

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
Videos
Production Companies
Gordon Films UK