Clouds Are Not Spheres

2010

55 min

7.7

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Martin Shaw

Ivar Giaever

Pierre Roubinet

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Carl Evertsz

Martin Gutzwiller

Ralph E. Gomory

Ronald Coifman

Bernard Sapoval

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Clouds Are Not Spheres

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.

  • Benoît B. Mandelbrot

  • Martin Shaw

  • Ivar Giaever

  • Pierre Roubinet

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