Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
NR55mJan 1, 2010ReleasedNR(3)
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.
- Director
- Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
B
Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Self
Martin Shaw
Self - Host
I
Ivar Giaever
Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
P
Pierre Roubinet
Self - Philosopher
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Self - Mathematician
C
Carl Evertsz
Self - Physicist
M
Martin Gutzwiller
Self - Theoretical Physicist
R
Ralph E. Gomory
Self - Former Head of Research IBM
R
Ronald Coifman
Self - Mathematician
B
Bernard Sapoval
Self - Physicist
